Every new year involves reassessing your finances and reconfiguring how your monthly budget. It's also the time of year to re-up your SNAP application.

The increase in SNAP benefits for a single person is $6 per month for fiscal year 2026, which began in October. That means that person now receives $298 per month on their EBT card, where SNAP benefits are deposited. For two people, maximum benefits rose to $546; for three, $785; and for four, $994.

Payette couple living with disabilities, depend on SNAP benefits to feed their daughter. They face empty shelves if government shutdown continues and funds freeze.

With Nov. 1 looming, and the government shutdown continuing with no end in sight, many Massachusetts residents are feeling the stress of potential cuts to SNAP benefits.

CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.