Food stamps: Direct SNAP payment to Oklahoma residents ends in three days

Oklahoma residents will continue to receive their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments over the next three days before the program wraps up for August.

In the Sooner State, residents receive their SNAP benefits between Aug. 1 and Aug.10. Oklahomans will collect payments based on the last digit of their SNAP account number.

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The maximum allotment for food stamps to a household of one is $281, $939 for a household of four, and $1,691 for a household of eight. An additional $211 is included in the SNAP payment for all households larger than eight.

Around 650,600 people, 16% of the Oklahoma population, receive food stamps. The average payment per household member per month is $183.

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Payments are reloaded onto an electronic benefits card each month. Food stamps can be used to buy groceries, snacks, and seeds or plants that produce food. SNAP benefits cannot be used to purchase alcohol, tobacco products, vitamins, live animals, prepared foods, or nonfood household items.

WIC packages can also be purchased, which include cereal, juice, eggs, milk, peanut butter, dried and canned beans, tofu, fruit, vegetables, and whole wheat bread. Households with breastfeeding mothers and babies can receive canned fish, cheese, and baby food in the WIC package.