SNAP Work Requirements in Nevada

Check if the time limit applies to you Count your months

When the new rules started in Nevada

Starting December 1, 2025, adults 18 to 64 subject to the rule had to work or do approved activities 20 hours a week. After a federal court case, an old waiver was briefly restored: about 43,000 people who lost SNAP on March 1, 2026 had benefits restored on March 3 and kept them through April 30, 2026. From May 1, 2026, people not meeting the rule lose benefits again.

Waived areas in Nevada

USDA approved a waiver from February 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027 for Mineral County and 12 reservations and colonies.

• Mineral County
• Battle Mountain Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land
• Campbell Ranch
• Dresslerville Colony
• Elko Colony
• Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation
• Las Vegas Indian Colony
• Lovelock Indian Colony
• Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation
• Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
• Stewart Community
• Walker River Reservation
• Yerington Colony

If you live in a waived area, months there do not count toward your 3-month limit. Your state still keeps track, so the limit can apply again when the waiver ends. Waivers can end early, so confirm with your SNAP office.

Your 36-month period

DSS says Nevada uses a fixed 36-month period but has not published its dates.

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: SNAP Employment & Training (SNAPET)

Approved activities include SNAPET, the DSS Workforce Development Unit, WIOA programs (EmployNV, Workforce Connections, Nevadaworks) and Trade Adjustment Assistance. DSS posts an ABAWD Work Activity Timesheet and a Medical Provider ABAWD Attestation form on its ABAWD page.

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.

More Nevada details

• Job search alone does not count. It only counts when combined with other activities and under half of your total hours.
• Months you used as an ABAWD in another state count in Nevada.
• DSS lists high school students aged 18 or 19 and members of federally recognized tribes as exempt.

Contact

• Agency: Nevada Division of Social Services (DSS)
• Online account: Access Nevada
• Phone: 1-800-992-0900 (TTY 1-800-326-6888)

Federal rules that apply in Nevada

• 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.