Which states announced SNAP recertification notice changes for 2026 FPL as of Dec 2025?
Executive summary
As of December 2025, available reporting does not provide a definitive list of states that have issued new SNAP recertification notices specifically tied to the 2026 Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Major national outlets and USDA guidance describe states resuming normal recertification and implementing expanded work requirements beginning in December 2025, but they do not enumerate which states changed recertification notices to reference 2026 FPL figures (not found in current reporting) [1] [2] [3].
1. What reporters are saying about SNAP recertification timing
National outlets emphasize that states were expected to resume normal SNAP procedures in December 2025 after federal disruptions, and many states began enforcing new work requirements at recertification points starting Dec. 1, 2025 — but those accounts focus on work rules and enforcement timing rather than a state-by-state list of FPL-based notice changes [1] [4] [3].
2. USDA guidance: resume normal procedures, not a new FPL notice list
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) told states to resume normal benefit issuance and employment-and-training activities beginning in December 2025, and it cautioned about not issuing adverse-action notices for November-affected households; that guidance addresses process and accountability, not a compilation of state notices adopting 2026 FPL language [1].
3. Coverage emphasizes work requirements rather than FPL‑label changes
Major news stories from CNN, AP and other outlets cover the expanded work mandates and their effect on recertification — for example, that many people will be checked against the new work rules at their next recertification — but these pieces don’t report which states changed paperwork or expiration notices to explicitly reflect 2026 FPL updates [2] [3] [5].
4. Local/state resources focus on how to recertify — not on a national list
State and local guidance (for example, New York City’s HRA) gives concrete steps for completing recertification and notes implementation of ABAWD/work requirements, but these agency pages are procedural and jurisdictional; they are not aggregated in the national reporting provided here to produce a list of states that updated notices to reference 2026 FPLs [6] [7].
5. FPL numbers and program eligibility are handled separately in sources
Several results explain that FPL figures are published and used for program eligibility (various health and benefits pages) and that 2026 FPL numbers exist for eligibility determinations — but the search results do not connect those published FPL figures to a documented set of states that updated recertification notices specifically citing the 2026 FPL [8] [9] [10].
6. Two plausible reasons we lack a definitive state list
First, federal guidance left operational details to states (FNS told agencies to resume normal procedures), so states may vary in timing and in whether they revised mailed recertification notices to cite new FPL figures [1]. Second, most national reporting prioritized the policy shock — work requirement rollouts and waivers, enforcement timing, and litigation — rather than compiling administrative notice text from every state [2] [3].
7. What is verifiable from the provided reporting
It is verifiable that states were restarting normal SNAP procedures and that many jurisdictions began applying expanded work checks at recertification in December 2025; those are national trends documented by FNS and major outlets [1] [4] [3]. It is not verifiable from these sources which specific states announced recertification notice language changes tied to the 2026 FPL (not found in current reporting).
8. How to get a definitive answer
To produce the list you asked for, consult each state SNAP agency’s official website or recent public notices/emails mailed to beneficiaries between November–December 2025, or request a simple confirmation from state human services departments. Available sources here do not include such a compiled state-by-state accounting (not found in current reporting) [6].
Limitations and competing perspectives: national coverage focuses on law, enforcement and USDA guidance (emphasis on work requirements and waivers) rather than on the administrative detail of recertification notice text; state agencies may have made local changes that local reporting or agency pages would document, but those items are not included among the search results supplied for this query [1] [2] [3].