Missouri EBT and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

The FSD Benefits Portal and the separate application form

Missouri splits its online services in two. The SNAP application is an online form (FS-1) on the state forms site, linked from the DSS "Apply for SNAP" page¹. Once you have a case, the FSD Benefits Portal at my.mo.gov shows your benefit status and takes uploaded documents. It cannot take the SNAP mid-certification form⁸.

To sign up you need an email address, your Social Security number and date of birth. FSD emails a link to confirm the address, then texts a one-time passcode; later logins ask for a code sent by email⁸. Choose "Connect your Profile" and enter your name, date of birth and your Social Security number or DCN, the 8- or 10-digit ID on FSD letters, without its first two zeros⁸. Without an account, use the upload site mydssupload.mo.gov^1,8.

FSD Benefits Portal

Your Missouri EBT card, PIN and the ebtEDGE app

FSD mails the card to the home address on your application within 5 to 7 business days of approval. Set or change the PIN by calling 1-800-997-7777², any day and at any time⁶. The DSS "Check EBT Balance" link opens the FIS ebtEDGE login². The free ebtEDGE app shows your balance and purchases, freezes or unfreezes the card with one tap, and asks for a one-time PIN by email or text at sign-in⁶. Opt in and it sends deposit alerts¹⁷.

For a lost, stolen or damaged card, call 1-800-997-7777 or the FSD Information Center at 1-855-373-4636⁷. DSS card pages checked on October 16, 2026 describe a card that works like a debit card with a PIN and do not mention chip cards^2,6.

Benefits stolen by skimming, cloning or phishing after December 20, 2024 are not replaced, because federal funding for that ended². Call 1-800-997-7777 to shut off and reissue the card, then report the theft to the DSS Welfare Investigations Unit at 1-877-770-8055 or [email protected]². Benefits spent by someone who knew your PIN, or whom you let use the card, cannot be replaced⁶.

• Card customer service: 1-800-997-7777
• Cardholder website: ebtEDGE
• Cardholder app: ebtEDGE (iPhone, Android)
• EBT processor: FIS

Missouri SNAP and EBT phone numbers

Applying for SNAP with the Family Support Division

1. Fill out the FS-1 online or on paper. Use the online form linked from the DSS "Apply for SNAP" page, or print the paper application in English or Spanish. You can also ask DSS to mail you a printed copy¹.
2. Send it in. Upload a paper application at mydssupload.mo.gov, mail it to Family Support Division, P.O. Box 2700, Jefferson City, MO 65102, or fax it to 573-526-9400¹.
3. Answer FSD's interview call. FSD calls the number on your application within 3 business days. Caller ID shows "Missouri Family Support Division," and text subscribers get a message the day of the call⁹.
4. If you miss the call. Call back at 1-855-823-4908, earlier in the day if you can, or go to your local FSD Resource Center. You can book an office appointment through DSS Chat on dss.mo.gov⁹.
5. Send proof FSD asks for. Return the documents on FSD's request by upload, fax, mail or at a Resource Center. DSS says processing your paperwork can take up to 10 days once it arrives¹.

Most applicants hear by letter within 30 days¹. Households in an emergency can get benefits in seven days or less: fill out Section 2 of the application, or tell FSD the emergency questions apply when you turn it in¹. Miss the interview deadline and you must reapply, though FSD may reopen a case still within 60 days⁹. Everyone in the household needs a Social Security number or must agree to apply for one¹.

Missouri SNAP income and resource limits for FY2027

Gross limit: 130% of the 2026 HHS poverty guideline divided by 12, rounded up. Net limit and maximum benefit: USDA FY2027 cost-of-living adjustments. All states compared.

Missouri is not on USDA's list of states that use broad-based categorical eligibility (chart updated June 29, 2026), so regular federal rules apply: the 130% gross limit, the 100% net limit and the resource limit^23,1,3. Missouri's own Benefit Program Income Limits chart, dated October 1, 2026, still lists the FY2026 SNAP amounts: $20,352 a year for one person, which works out to $1,696 a month³. The federal FY2027 gross limit that took effect October 1, 2026 is $1,729 a month for one person, shown in the table⁴.

For households with an elderly or disabled member, DSS links a page on "SNAP Medical Deductions for the Elderly & Disabled" from its application page¹. Since the 2025 federal law, a LIHEAP payment of more than $20 gives a household the heating and cooling utility allowance automatically only if someone in it is elderly or disabled¹⁸.

Net income test. Missouri lists both tests for SNAP: gross income up to 130% of the poverty line and net income up to 100%³. Under federal rules a household with a member who is 60 or older or disabled has to pass only the net income test⁴.

Assets. Countable resources must be $3,000 or less, or $4,750 if someone in the household is over 60 or disabled. Your home, vehicles, life insurance, burial plots and prepaid burials, savings and pension plans, and personal property that earns no income are not counted¹.

Missouri deposit days: birth month plus last name

SNAP lands on the same day every month, between the 1st and the 22nd, set by your birth month and whether your last name starts with A-K or L-Z.

DSS gives its own example: born in June, last name starting with T, benefits arrive on the 11th of every month⁵. April and December birthdays share one day whatever the last name. Temporary Assistance cash follows a shorter schedule by birth quarter, from the 1st (January-March birthdays) to the 4th (October-December)⁵.

Mid-certification, yearly recertification and change reports

Each year on SNAP brings two forms. Halfway through your certification period FSD mails a mid-certification form; return it complete and signed by the deadline even if nothing changed, or benefits can stop². About 45 days before the period ends, a recertification packet arrives; return it and FSD calls you for an interview^2,9. Your certification date is under "Check Your Status" on dss.mo.gov⁹.

Between reviews, report by the 10th day of the following month: a change in income, such as a new job or a raise; lottery or gambling winnings over $4,750 from one game; or a work-able member aged 18 through 64 dropping below 20 hours a week of work or training¹⁰. Use the online "Report a Change" form, call 1-855-373-4636 or visit a Resource Center. A late report that would have lowered your benefit leads to a repayment claim¹⁰.

Rules specific to Missouri

Healthy SNAP restrictions start February 15, 2027

USDA approved Missouri's waiver on December 10, 2025, then on June 15, 2026 moved the start from October 1, 2026 to February 15, 2027, for two years^14,15,22. From that date SNAP and SuN Bucks cannot buy candy, pre-packaged ready-to-eat desserts (doughnuts, cookies, snack cakes, muffins, pastries, pies, pudding), soft drinks with more than 10 grams of sugar per serving, drinks or concentrates that are 50% juice or less, or energy drinks^13,14. Candy with flour or needing refrigeration, milk drinks, drinks over 50% juice and sports drinks such as Gatorade stay eligible^13,14.

Work rules and the time limit, statewide

Missouri has no time-limit waiver for any area in FY2027²⁰. Adults who can work may have to show FSD 80 hours a month of work or training; the free SkillUP Program counts². The 2025 federal changes took effect in Missouri on November 1, 2025: the age range now runs to 64, the parent exemption needs a child under 14 in the household, the exemptions for veterans, homeless people and former foster youth ended, and Indians, Urban Indians and California Indians became exempt^2,18. Existing exemptions are rechecked at your next recertification¹⁸.

Missouri SuN Bucks: $120 per child for summer 2026

SuN Bucks paid a one-time $120 for each eligible child aged 7 through 17 to help with food in June, July and August 2026^16,17. Children in SNAP or Temporary Assistance households got it automatically on the family's EBT card; others got a new card in the mail¹⁷. Applications for summer 2026 closed August 31, 2026¹⁶. The benefit is removed 122 calendar days after it is issued, used or not, and cannot be put back¹⁷.

Noncitizen eligibility narrowed from November 1, 2025

Missouri applied the 2025 federal law's noncitizen rules to SNAP from November 1, 2025. Eligibility is limited to lawful permanent residents, certain Cuban and Haitian entrants and citizens of the Compact of Free Association nations; refugees, asylees and other humanitarian groups are excluded¹⁹.

Replacing food lost in a power outage or disaster

If food you bought with SNAP spoils because of a weather-related power outage, fire, flood, tornado or similar event, submit the online Replacement Request (form IM-110) within 10 days of the event, or fax it to 573-526-9400². A shut-off for an unpaid electric bill does not qualify².

No Restaurant Meals Program

Missouri is not on USDA's list of states running the Restaurant Meals Program (page updated August 7, 2026), so SNAP cannot buy hot meals at restaurants anywhere in Missouri²¹. Hot prepared food is also excluded at grocery stores².

Other assistance in Missouri

Sources

1. Apply for SNAP, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
2. My SNAP Benefit (Manage My Benefit), Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
3. Benefit Program Income Limits (IM-4 chart, as of 10/01/2026), Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
4. SNAP – Fiscal Year 2027 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (memo, August 21, 2026), U.S. Department of Agriculture. Checked 16 October 2026.
5. Monthly EBT Benefit Schedule, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
6. Protect Your Benefits, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
7. Request New Card, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
8. FSD Benefit Portal FAQs, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
9. SNAP Interviews Frequently Asked Questions, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
10. Reporting Changes for SNAP Participants, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
11. Toll Free Numbers, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
12. Find an Office (How to Get Help), Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
13. Healthy SNAP FAQs, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
14. MO Healthy SNAP Waiver Modification Approval (FNA letter, June 15, 2026), USDA Food and Nutrition Administration, posted by Missouri DSS. Checked 16 October 2026.
15. Missouri Extends Healthy SNAP Timeline to February 2027 (news release, June 5, 2026), Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
16. Missouri SUN Bucks, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
17. Missouri SUN Bucks FAQs, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
18. H.R. 1 Frequently Asked Questions, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
19. H.R.1 Key Provisions Impact in Missouri, Missouri Department of Social Services. Checked 16 October 2026.
20. Status of State ABAWD Time Limit Waivers, FY2027 1st Quarter, USDA Food and Nutrition Administration. Checked 16 October 2026.
21. SNAP Restaurant Meals Program (page updated August 7, 2026), USDA Food and Nutrition Administration. Checked 16 October 2026.
22. SNAP Food Restriction Waivers (page updated October 13, 2026), USDA Food and Nutrition Administration. Checked 16 October 2026.
23. Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (BBCE) chart (page updated June 29, 2026), USDA Food and Nutrition Administration. Checked 16 October 2026.