diff --git a/changelog.d/add-snap-heat-and-eat-states.added.md b/changelog.d/add-snap-heat-and-eat-states.added.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..745519425fd --- /dev/null +++ b/changelog.d/add-snap-heat-and-eat-states.added.md @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Extended SNAP Heat and Eat always-apply-SUA treatment to 13 additional states and DC (CA, CT, DC, MA, MD, ME, MI, MT, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA). diff --git a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/utility/always_standard.yaml b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/utility/always_standard.yaml index 5365ceb3b40..254853e03b0 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/utility/always_standard.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/utility/always_standard.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -description: The following states always use the standard utility allowance under the SNAP program. +description: The following states always use the Standard Utility Allowance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. AK: 2015-10-01: false AL: @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ AR: AZ: 2015-10-01: false CA: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true CO: 2015-10-01: false 2024-10-01: true CT: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true DC: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true DE: 2015-10-01: false FL: @@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ KY: LA: 2015-10-01: false MA: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true MD: 2015-10-01: false + 2025-04-01: true ME: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true MI: 2015-10-01: false + 2017-08-01: true MN: 2015-10-01: false MO: @@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ MO: MS: 2015-10-01: false MT: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true NC: 2015-10-01: false ND: @@ -71,17 +73,17 @@ NM: NV: 2015-10-01: false NY: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true OH: 2015-10-01: false OK: 2015-10-01: false OR: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true PA: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true RI: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true SC: 2015-10-01: false SD: @@ -97,9 +99,9 @@ VA: VI: 2015-10-01: false VT: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true WA: - 2015-10-01: false + 2015-10-01: true WI: 2015-10-01: false WV: @@ -109,11 +111,21 @@ WY: metadata: unit: bool period: month - label: SNAP States using SUA + label: SNAP states always using the standard utility allowance breakdown: - state_code reference: - - title: 7 CFR § 273.9(d)(6)(iii) - Standard utility allowances + - title: 7 CFR § 273.9(d)(6)(iii)(E) - Standard utility allowances href: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-II/subchapter-C/part-273/subpart-D/section-273.9#p-273.9(d)(6)(iii) - - title: USDA FNS SNAP State Options Report, 16th Edition (June 2024) - Standard Utility Allowances - href: https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf#page=12 + - title: Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79) § 4006(b) - Minimum LIHEAP benefit for SUA eligibility + href: https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ79/PLAW-113publ79.pdf#page=139 + - title: LIHEAP Clearinghouse - A New Framework for Heat and Eat (2014) + href: https://liheapch.acf.gov/sites/default/files/webfiles/docs/HeatEat.pdf + - title: Maryland DHS Action Transmittal AT 26-08 - H.R. 1 (2025) Treatment of Energy Assistance Payments (supersedes IM 25-15 Heat and Eat, effective April 1, 2025) + href: https://dhs.maryland.gov/documents/FIA/Action%20Transmittals-AT%20-%20Information%20Memo-IM/AT-IM2026/26-08%20AT%20H.R.%201%202025%20Treatment%20of%20Energy%20Assistance%20Payments%20combined.pdf + - title: Michigan DHHS Bridges Policy Bulletin BPB 2017-016 - FAP LIHEAP Payments (effective August 1, 2017) + href: https://mdhhs-pres-prod.michigan.gov/olmweb/EX/BP/Public/BPB/2017-016.pdf + - title: Michigan DHHS Bridges Eligibility Manual BEM 554 - FAP Allowable Expenses and Expense Budgeting + href: https://mdhhs-pres-prod.michigan.gov/olmweb/EX/BP/Public/BEM/554.pdf#page=24 + - title: Maine 10-144 C.M.R. Ch. 301 § 555-5 - Food Supplement Program Deductions + href: https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/maine/10-144-C-M-R-ch-301-SS-555-5 diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_excess_shelter_expense_deduction.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_excess_shelter_expense_deduction.yaml index 23c7c6b5049..133c6f8eedc 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_excess_shelter_expense_deduction.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_excess_shelter_expense_deduction.yaml @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ - name: Default is zero because zero housing costs. period: 2022 + input: + state_code: TX output: snap_excess_shelter_expense_deduction: 0 @@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ - name: Uncapped if includes elderly or disabled people. period: 2022 input: + state_code: TX housing_cost: 600 * 12 has_usda_elderly_disabled: true output: @@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ - name: Homeless households get a flat benefit. period: 2022-01 input: + state_code: TX is_homeless: true housing_cost: 1 output: diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance.yaml index db7138abda8..69916aa9e2b 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/baseline/gov/usda/snap/income/deductions/snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance.yaml @@ -1,13 +1,41 @@ -- name: Always SUA - period: 2024 +- name: Colorado uses the SUA as a Heat and Eat state (effective 2024-10-01). + period: 2025 input: state_code: CO output: snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: true -- name: Not always SUA +- name: California is a Heat and Eat state. period: 2024 input: state_code: CA + output: + snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: true + +- name: New York is a Heat and Eat state. + period: 2024 + input: + state_code: NY + output: + snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: true + +- name: Pennsylvania is a Heat and Eat state. + period: 2024 + input: + state_code: PA + output: + snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: true + +- name: Texas is not a Heat and Eat state. + period: 2024 + input: + state_code: TX + output: + snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: false + +- name: Colorado was not yet a Heat and Eat state before October 2024. + period: 2024-01 + input: + state_code: CO output: snap_state_using_standard_utility_allowance: false diff --git a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/contrib/snap/abolish_snap_deductions.yaml b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/contrib/snap/abolish_snap_deductions.yaml index 76a08893d5b..a05be18c67b 100644 --- a/policyengine_us/tests/policy/contrib/snap/abolish_snap_deductions.yaml +++ b/policyengine_us/tests/policy/contrib/snap/abolish_snap_deductions.yaml @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ - name: Reform not in effect period: 2024 input: + state_code: TX snap_standard_deduction: 3_000 snap_child_support_deduction: 1_000 output: @@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ reforms: policyengine_us.reforms.snap.abolish_snap_deductions.abolish_snap_deductions input: gov.contrib.snap.abolish_deductions.in_effect: true + state_code: TX snap_standard_deduction: 3_000 snap_child_support_deduction: 1_000 output: