Internal — Propel only
Every publicly accessible SNAP form in every state.
What this is: A catalogue of every application, recertification, change-reporting, and verification form that all 50 states + DC publish publicly to SNAP clients.
The point: This audit serves to inform Propel where its Project Legit efforts can support client submission of documents necessary to SNAP case management. It helps identify where paper still rules, where verification is getting harder under OBBBA (the 2025 federal SNAP overhaul), and where one integration could cover many states. Skip to the Learnings tab for 18 findings, grouped by what may be actionable for Propel.
What we have found
44 paper-first states. 38 states with no public self-employment income form. The audit identifies where a document-upload wedge has value and which integrations multiply leverage across multiple states at once.
2,602 catalogued forms across all 51 jurisdictions, scoped to SNAP case management. Patterns indicate talking points for the Project Legit team backed by a complete cross-state SNAP form inventory.
Curam covers 7 states alone. Can identify tooling targets based on who's modernizing, who's locked in legacy paper, and who's mid-rebrand with vendor and portal clusters identified.
By the numbers
The modernization spectrum
Consistent with the broader SNAP ecosystem, no two states are the same. One might be paper-only and you have to drive to a local office and hand in forms; the other handles everything in an online eligibility portal. The audit sorts states into four observable lanes.
Paper-heavy Hybrid Online-only State-does-the-work
The 51-state map
Every jurisdiction, colored by where it lands on the spectrum. Hover for the full label; click any tile to jump to that state's card.
Plain-English glossary
Decoder ring for the policy jargon you'll see in Learnings and the per-state cards.
- TAM (Total Addressable Market)
- Startup shorthand for "the full universe of customers a product could plausibly serve." When the audit says "44 states are primary TAM for doc-upload tooling," it means those 44 are where the product can add the most value — because clients there still wrestle with paper. Read it as where the wedge is biggest.
- Recertification (recert)
- Every 4–12 months (varies by state and household type — ABAWDs and some monthly-reporting cohorts cycle as short as 4 months) a SNAP household has to re-prove eligibility. New paperwork, new documents — a recurring document-submission moment.
- Change report
- Mid-cert, when income or household composition changes, the client has to report it. Another document submission event.
- Fair hearing
- The formal appeal a client files when they're denied benefits or sanctioned. Often a separate form (sometimes a webform now).
- OBBBA (H.R. 1, P.L. 119-21)
- The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," signed July 2025. Among other things, tightens SNAP work requirements and verification — which means more documents flowing through clients' hands.
- BBCE
- Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility — the state-level rule that lets households qualify for SNAP without a hard asset test. When a state repeals BBCE, asset documentation becomes new homework.
- ABAWD
- Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents. A SNAP eligibility category subject to extra work-hour reporting under OBBBA.
- PER (Payment Error Rate)
- The federal accuracy metric for state SNAP payments. A rising PER usually means more paperwork churn.
- Self-employment (SE) income
- Gig, 1099, side-hustle income. Hard to document with pay stubs — most states have no published form for it (a Project Legit wedge).
- Eligibility platform
- The state's back-end system of record (e.g., Curam, Oracle WebLogic, mainframe). Determines what integrations are even possible.
- Combined-eligibility portal
- A single state portal that intakes SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, CHIP, etc. in one application. One integration → many programs.
- Modernization path
- How a state has chosen to handle paper vs. portal. The audit sorts states into 4 distinct lanes (see the spectrum chart above).
Built — from —. Source code: github.com/joelmcclurg/snap-forms-audit (private, work account).
18 findings, grouped by what Propel can act on. Each one is a candidate for a slide, a roadmap input, or a market-prioritization data point.
2,602 forms across 51 jurisdictions, scoped to SNAP case management. Start with a suggested view, or build your own with the filters below.
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Internal — Propel only
Recertification Requirements
Every 4–12 months, SNAP recipient have to recertify (prove that they still qualify for the program) or their benefits will end.*
What recertification looks like for a client (paper, portal, or a packet the state pre-fills and mails) varies by state. Here’s how all 51 jurisdictions compare:
*Some elderly/disabled households can have 24-month or 36-month certifications depending on the state.
Three kinds of client experience
Universal SNAP recert timeline
- Notice mailed~45 days out
- Documents gatheredT-30 to T-15
- Form / packet sentT-15 to T-0
- InterviewT-7 to T-0
- Cert period endsT-0
- Approval / denialT+0 to T+15
- Late-recert reopen windowT+1 to T+30
- Fair-hearing window≤T+90 (federal)
Certification periods vary by state and household type — see each state's right-pane facts strip for the actual cycle. Late-recert reopen window: per 7 CFR 273.14(e), a household applying within 30 days of cert-period end is processed as a recertification continuation rather than a new initial application. Fair-hearing window: 90 days is the federal floor under 7 CFR 273.15(g); some states extend to 120 days in their state plans (CA, MA, others).
Recertification in every state
Pick a state on the left to see the full recertification journey: when the clock starts, what arrives in the mail, what proof is required, how it is submitted, and what is specific to that state process.
Compare all 51 at a glance
| State | How it’s submitted | Pre-filled by the state | Same form as new application | Languages available | Recert forms catalogued |
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