Check what changed, whether it concerns you and which official step to take. These updates do not decide eligibility or open an application for you.
Dates are written as year-month-day. The review date is not a personal deadline. State and local programs may use different schedules.
Published for a future period
SNAP: new federal tables begin October 1
Effective from: Checked:
What changes
USDA has published federal SNAP benefit, income and deduction tables for fiscal year 2027.
Who it concerns
People reviewing SNAP, including CalFresh in California and Basic Food in Washington. State options and household circumstances still matter.
What to do
Check the period on your agency notice. Applications use your state's process; this publication is not a new national application window. Our October estimates remain unavailable until the applicable state rules are verified.
Check the official source: this update is due for review.
Operational notice
California Lifeline: some eligibility letters will be corrected
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What changes
USAC reports that some letters omitted required-document information. It plans corrected mail starting in mid-September with a new 60-day deadline.
Who it concerns
Affected California subscribers in the federal Lifeline continued-eligibility process. This does not change every subscriber's deadline.
What to do
Read the corrected notice and use the official Lifeline service or your provider if the instructions are unclear. You may also complete the official process now. Do not count 60 days from this webpage or send identity documents to GetBenefits.
Check the official source: this update is due for review.
Published for a future period
HealthCare.gov announces November 1 opening for 2027 coverage
Enrollment opens: Checked:
What changes
The federal Marketplace announces the start of Open Enrollment for 2027 coverage on November 1. Its current guide lists January 15 as the closing date.
Who it concerns
People using HealthCare.gov. State-run Marketplaces can use different schedules; verify yours before relying on a date.
What to do
Check the official guide again before enrollment. A qualifying life event may allow an earlier Special Enrollment Period. Medicaid and CHIP applications are available throughout the year; do not wait for November solely because you need coverage.
Check the official source: this update is due for review.
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New practical guides and searchable resources
Content prepared:
Eight new guides cover documents, difficult situations and the next practical step. Each is available in English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, with an optional checklist to download or print. These are additions to this website; this entry does not announce a change in a law or benefit rule.
More practical social support guides and task checklists
The social support catalog now connects 150 planned questions across 24 areas, with four language versions, preparation checklists and related next steps. This is a website content update, not an announcement of new benefit rules.
Twelve common tasks now have short instructions in four languages. SNAP selects reviewed rule periods by date; October estimates remain unavailable until state parameters are verified. Dated notices, Spanish legal links, Chinese descriptions and resource caching have also been updated. These are website improvements, not new eligibility rules.
Find food, health coverage, housing, work, disability and family resources by the problem you need to solve. Six new guides are available in four languages, with optional one-step reading and printing. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia Medicaid and Texas and Kentucky SNAP now include clearer application actions. Advertising spaces are prepared but no advertising provider is active.
The corrections link can now include the page you were reading in a message you choose to send. Please do not include application documents or personal details. State directories also have clearer descriptions. These are website improvements, not changes to benefit rules.
We corrected follow-up instructions, empty questions, language links and headings. Each resource library now shows its own language. We also improved keyboard focus and page descriptions. These are website improvements, not changes to benefit eligibility.
More practical social support guides and task checklists
The social support catalog now connects 150 planned questions across 24 areas, with four language versions, preparation checklists and related next steps. This is a website content update, not an announcement of new benefit rules.
Find social support, one task at a time