Food stamps: Direct payments worth up to $1,691 for August ending in Delaware in 19 days

Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will wrap up its August payments, worth up to $1,691, in 19 days.

SNAP payments begin distribution on the second day of each month in Delaware. The size of the payment depends on the household size of each recipient: Single-person households receive $281, while eight-member households receive $1,691, according to Delaware.gov. For households larger than eight, $211 can be added for each additional person.

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The First State’s food stamps program sports one of the longest windows for issuing benefits in the United States, with payments being issued for over three-quarters of the month. The first letter of a recipient’s last name determines on which of the 22 days their payment will be received. The August cycle of payments began on Wednesday.

A household’s gross monthly income cannot exceed 200% of the federal poverty level to qualify for payments. For reference, a single household cannot make more than $2,266 monthly, while an eight-person household cannot make more than $7,772.

People 21 years old and younger who live with their parents must apply with them.

Like most other states, Delaware SNAP payments are loaded into a Delaware Food First card, an electronic benefit transfer card, automatically. The card can be used like a credit card but only for food and nonalcoholic drinks. The funds cannot be used on alcohol or other luxuries.

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The funds delivered each month will hold over into the next. The funds remain on the card without expiring as long as the card remains in regular use. Recipients can check the amount on their EBT cards simply by checking the last grocery receipt.

SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C., with some differences between each area.