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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for seniors in Connecticut

Connecticut's SNAP gives monthly money on an EBT card to buy food. A household with someone 60 or older or disabled has no savings limit unless its gross income is over 200% of the poverty level.

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From the Connecticut Department of Social Services
An older man unpacks fresh vegetables, apples and eggs in his kitchen

If all the adults are 65 or older or disabled and no one works, Connecticut's Elderly Simplified Application Project may keep you approved for 36 months, usually with no interview at renewal.

How to apply in Connecticut

In person
Go to a local DSS Resource Center to fill out an application or drop off a paper one.
By mail
Mail a paper application to DSS Scanning Center, PO Box 1320, Manchester, CT 06045-1320.

Applying is free. Nobody should charge you to apply.

Apply on the official site

Who may qualify in Connecticut

Who may qualify for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Savings limit, household with someone 60+ or disabled, gross income at or under 200% of povertyNo limit
Savings limit if gross income is over 200% of poverty (Oct. 2026 to Sept. 2027)$4,750
Gross income limit for the no-savings-test rule (broad-based categorical eligibility)Below 200% of the poverty level

Source: Connecticut Department of Social Services (source 4)

Dates, renewals and waiting lists

Dates and renewals
How long approval lasts, households where all adults are 65+ or disabled and no one works (ESAP)36 months

Source: Connecticut Department of Social Services (source 5)

How Connecticut is different

Where Connecticut's rules differ from the federal rules for SNAP for seniors.

  • Simpler renewals for SNAP households where all adults are 65 or older or have a disability and no one has earned income (Elderly Simplified Application Project): less proof to send and no halfway report
  • No interview at renewal for those households unless they ask for one, the paperwork is late or incomplete, or they may be denied
  • Approval for those households lasts 36 months instead of the usual 12 or 24

Source: Connecticut Department of Social Services (source 5)

Good to know

  • Connecticut's time limit for able-bodied adults without children now covers ages 18 through 64. People 60 to 64 who are able to work and don't live with a child under 14 may get only three months of SNAP unless they meet the work rule or an exemption.

Source: Connecticut Department of Social Services (source 6)

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Sources

  1. Connecticut Department of Social Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP: Overview (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. Connecticut Department of Social Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP: Apply (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  3. Connecticut Department of Social Services, CT SNAP Policy Manual: Expanded Categorical Eligibility (ECE) (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  4. Connecticut Department of Social Services, CT SNAP Policy Manual: Assets (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  5. Connecticut Department of Social Services, CT SNAP Policy Manual: Elderly Simplified Application Project (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  6. Connecticut Department of Social Services, CT SNAP Policy Manual: Time Limit for ABAWDS (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.

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