Cash, SNAP, and Medical Manual

LAST UPDATE 01/21/2026: Action Memo: 2026 Social Security and Supplemental Income Benefit Increase - Cash and SNAP

Information Memo: Notice of SNAP Work Requirement Changes

Action Memo: 2025 Earned Income Tax Credit Payments (EITC)

Manual Release: MR #26.02 2026 AABD Grant Adjustment, Sheltered Care, Personal Care and Nursing Care Rate Increase

Manual Release: MR #26.01 2026 Change in the Cash Assistance Standard for Non-Citizens Ineligible for SSI Due to 7-year Federal Limit

The Cash, SNAP, and Medical Policy Manual and Workers' Action Guide is in OneNet format, for easier use and enhanced accessibility. The following are the major sections of the manual:

• POLICY MANUAL (PM): Policy for the Cash, SNAP, and Medical assistance programs for Illinois residents.
• WORKERS' ACTION GUIDE (WAG): The procedures which tell how to implement policy. Includes: WAG 25, Manual Attachments, Abbreviations, and the Glossary.
  • WAG Chapter 27, Authorization of Assistance Action (Form 552),
• OFFICIAL MEMORANDA AND CLIENT NOTICES: All active Information, Action, and Policy Memoranda and Client Notices.
• MANUAL RELEASES: Recent manual updates.
• INDEX:  A list of PM and WAG subjects, identifying where they can be found in the text of the manual pages.

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The current WAG 25-03-02 contains income standards for all programs.

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