USDA's fiscal-year 2027 SNAP adjustments took effect October 1. For four-person households in the forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, DC, the maximum monthly allotment is $1,023. The one-person maximum is $306. These are ceilings, not flat payments promised to every applicant or everyone already enrolled.
The August 21 memorandum raises the minimum allotment for eligible one- and two-person households in that region to $25. It also changes deductions, including a $217 standard deduction for households of one through three and a $769 maximum excess-shelter deduction. A deduction is part of the calculation, not a separate check.
Location changes the numbers. Four-person maxima range from $1,306 to $2,027 across Alaska's categories, with $1,507 in Guam and $1,315 in the US Virgin Islands. Hawaii's four-person maximum decreases to $1,655, so this is not a universal increase.
The schedule runs through September 30, 2027. Compare the award notice with household size and jurisdiction in the official tables. The new maximum alone cannot establish eligibility or predict an award: income, deductions and household circumstances remain separate parts of that decision.