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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for seniors in New Hampshire

New Hampshire's SNAP puts a monthly amount on an EBT card to help you buy groceries.

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From the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Family Assistance
An older man unpacks fresh vegetables, apples and eggs in his kitchen

Since July 2025, if every adult in your home is 65 or older or disabled and no one works, approval lasts 36 months and you renew on paper or online, with no interview unless you ask for one.

How to apply in New Hampshire

By phone
603-271-9700
By mail
Call 603-271-9700, or 1-800-852-3345 extension 9700, and DHHS will mail you an application. You can also print one from the DHHS website.

Applying is free. Nobody should charge you to apply.

Apply on the official site

Who may qualify in New Hampshire

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)200% of the poverty level

Source: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (source 2)

Dates, renewals and waiting lists

Dates and renewals
How long approval lasts, households where every adult is 65+ or disabled and no one works (ESAP)36 months

Source: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (source 1)

How New Hampshire is different

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

  • Simplified renewal for households where every adult is 65 or older or disabled and no one works (Elderly Simplified Application Project, since July 2025)
  • Those households renew on paper or online, with no interview unless they ask for one
  • Their approval lasts 36 months, with a yearly reminder to report changes in expenses

Source: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (source 1)

Good to know

  • New Hampshire says that since Nov. 1, 2025, adults 18 through 64 who are able to work and have no child under 14 at home must work, volunteer or train 80 hours a month to get SNAP for more than three months in three years, unless an exemption applies.
  • The New Hampshire Food Bank's SNAP Outreach partners can help you fill out an application.

Source: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (source 1)

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Sources

  1. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  2. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Food Stamp Manual 611.01, Computing Income Eligibility (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.
  3. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, SR 26-26: October 2026 SNAP mass change (income limits and resource limits) (official government site). Checked Oct 28, 2026.

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