SNAP Work Requirements in Indiana
Here is when Indiana started the 2025 time limit rules for adults 18 to 64, which areas are waived, how your 36 months are counted, and how to report your hours.
Check if the time limit applies to you Count your months
Limited official information. Indiana has published little about how it applies these rules, or its pages could not be checked. This page sticks to what we could verify plus the federal rules that apply everywhere. Ask your SNAP office for anything not listed here.
When the new rules started in Indiana
DFR says the H.R. 1 work requirement changes took effect when the law was signed on July 4, 2025, and that it has put them in place. It has not posted a separate date for when countable months started for current recipients.
Waived areas in Indiana
No part of Indiana is waived.
That means the time limit can apply anywhere in the state to adults who are not exempt and do not meet the 80-hour rule.
Your 36-month period
DFR has not published how it sets the 36-month period.
You can get SNAP for only 3 countable months in that period unless you meet the 80-hour rule or are exempt. The time limit calculator helps you count.
How to meet and report the 80 hours
Job and training program: IMPACT (Indiana Manpower Placement and Comprehensive Training)
IMPACT offers training, job search help, work experience and community service placements, and support services. To enroll, call 800-403-0864 and choose option 3 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). DFR has not posted instructions on how to report hours.
Across all states, paid work, work for goods or services, volunteering, workfare and approved training count, and you can combine them. See what counts as work.
Contact
- Agency: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Division of Family Resources (DFR)
- Online account: FSSA Benefits Portal
- Phone: 800-403-0864 (DFR line; option 3 for IMPACT)
Federal rules that apply in Indiana
- Covered: adults 18 through 64 who can work, with no child under 14 in their SNAP household.
- Exempt: pregnancy; a health condition that keeps you from working; American Indian, Alaska Native, Urban Indian or California Indian; or being excused from the general work rules (caring for a child under 6 or a disabled person, unemployment benefits, 30 hours a week or $217.50 a week, half-time school, drug or alcohol treatment, TANF work rules). See all exemptions.
- Veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and former foster youth are no longer automatically exempt.
- If you lose SNAP, you can get it back by doing 80 hours in 30 days or becoming exempt. You can also ask for a fair hearing. See how to get SNAP back.
Frequently asked questions
Do SNAP work requirements apply in Indiana in 2026?
Yes. The federal time limit applies to SNAP recipients aged 18 to 64 who are not exempt. Indiana’s new rules started July 4, 2025 (per DFR). No part of the state is waived.
How do I report my 80 hours in Indiana?
IMPACT offers training, job search help, work experience and community service placements, and support services. To enroll, call 800-403-0864 and choose option 3 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). DFR has not posted instructions on how to report hours.
When does the 36-month period reset in Indiana?
DFR has not published how it sets the 36-month period.