The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a cornerstone social service funded by the federal government that ensures that approximately 40 million beneficiaries are fed. Formally referred to as food stamps, the program has become a key intervention in preventing childhood poverty and ensuring that families are able to keep their children out of destitution and have food on the table. While the program is federally funded, states distribute their payments according to their own guidelines, with these families expecting a $1,751 payment soon.
SNAP supports millions with their payments
SNAP has long been a source of support for families across the US in ensuring that food is kept on the table. The amount you receive in benefits depends on your household income relative to the number of dependents in your household. As a general income rule, to qualify for SNAP, you have to have a gross monthly income that is 130% below the federal poverty line. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the following are income guidelines you can use to understand if your household qualifies for SNAP benefits:
- Household size of one: gross monthly income up to $1,632 and net monthly income up to $1,255
- Household size of two: gross monthly income up to $2,215 and net monthly income up to $1,704
- Household size of three: gross monthly income up to $2,789 and net monthly income up to $2,152
- Household size of four: gross monthly income up to $3,380 and net monthly income up to $2,600
- Household size of five: gross monthly income up to $3,963 and net monthly income up to $3,049
- Household size of six: gross monthly income up to $4,546 and net monthly income up to $3,497
- Household size of seven: gross monthly income up to $5,129 and net monthly income up to $3,945
- Household size of eight: gross monthly income up to $5,712 and net monthly income up to $4394
- Additional members: an additional $583 added to gross monthly income and an additional $449 added to net monthly income
This state is to send $1,751 payments this month
This month, the Texas Health and Human Services will be distributing SNAP benefits to those eligible individuals to receive SNAP in their state. The benefits are loaded each month onto recipients’ Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards, where they can use the cards to purchase groceries. In Texas, benefits are distributed between the first and fifteenth of the month, with your payment date depending on what your case number is.
If you are a household of eight, you would have received the maximum payment of $1,751 in SNAP benefits this month. However, if you have a household with fewer dependents than this, you are paid the following amount in benefits:
- Household of one: $291
- Household of two: $535
- Household of three: $766
- Household of four: $973
- Household of five: $1,155
- Household of six: $1,386
- Household of seven: $1,532
For those households that have more than eight dependents, you receive a set additional payment amount per extra dependent.
Will SNAP benefits be cut?
Recently, the Trump Administration’s Big, Beautiful Bill was passed, which is set to see federal funding of SNAP benefits be cut, as well as eligibility requirements change for who can partake in the program. With the funding cuts, states will be expected to fill in the deficit to ensure that participating members can still receive their benefits.
The budget cuts are detrimental to state budgets as well as SNAP beneficiaries, as it may mean that fewer people will be able to qualify for the program with the tighter budget limitations. The new bill has also introduced cuts to other programs, like Medicaid, to add to the budget cuts of USAID from earlier this year, which saw federal funding be pulled from a variety of civilian foreign aid and development assistance projects around the world, most notably HIV/AIDS research funding.
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