The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Categorical Eligibility

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides benefits to low-income, eligible households on an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card; benefits can then be exchanged for foods at authorized retailers.SNAP reaches a large share of low-income households.In November 2011, there were 46 million persons in 22 million households benefitting from SNAP.