State Lookup, Reduction in SNAP Benefits Because of Reported Reductions in SNAP Households W Excess Shelter Deductions.

In my post earlier this week HERE, I presented updated 2015 national data to show the $1.1 billion reduction in SNAP benefits that occurred because of reductions in the frequency in use of the excess shelter deduction from 2014.  

A primary reason for that reduction was that the share of SNAP beneficiaries who used the excess shelter deduction dropped from 72% in 2014 to 67.5% in 2015, a drop of 1.109 million households.   

The Excel workbook HERE and embedded below allows a lookup by state to see changes in SNAP benefits resulting from that reduction in excess shelter deductions.  (To use the pull down to select a state you MAY have to download the Excel file).

A BIG reason for the national reduction appears to be California, which saw 

• A reported drop of 387,000 SNAP households with the excess shelter deduction.
• A reported 23.9% drop in the % of all SNAP households w the excess shelter deduction: From 92.9% in 2014 to 70.7% in 2015. 
• A nearly $581 million drop in SNAP benefits because of the reduction in the number of households with the excess shelter deduction.

I also note that from 2014-2015 Michigan, New Jersey, and Wisconsin also saw 20% + drops in the % of all SNAP households with the excess shelter deduction. (Oregon had a much more modest drop of 3.2% in the share of SNAP households with the excess shelter deduction). 



Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.