The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is coming up on the end of another great year. SNAP helps people who are really struggling buy food at stores that accept EBT. In Florida, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) is in charge of managing SNAP benefits and making sure that they are given to eligible citizens every month.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) run the program at the federal level. Each state is in charge of distributing food to people in need in their own communities.
The SNAP program has confirmed the people who will be eligible to receive benefits on Christmas
This help is given out with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. This card works like a debit card and lets customers buy things at certain restaurants. It is usually displayed in a visible place.
People who want to get SNAP benefits can do so at the office closest to them, online, or by mail. During the application process, all required documents must be sent in, such as proof of identity, residency, and income. The SNAP program says that households that are eligible can use their benefits to buy the following:
- Fruits and vegetables
- Meat and fish
- Dairy products
- Breads and cereals
- Plants and seeds
However, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that beneficiaries can not buy certain things, like tobacco, vitamins, live animals, alcoholic drinks, and foods that are hot at the time of purchase.
Which beneficiaries will be eligible to receive their SNAP benefits in Florida this Christmas?
Based on the eighth and ninth digits of the beneficiary’s case number, going backwards and ignoring the tenth digit, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says that SNAP payments for the State of Florida are made every month between the first and twenty-eighth.
This system makes it easier for funds to be distributed automatically every month. Here is the process that was used to give benefits in the state of Florida:
- Case Number: 79-81 (Payment received December 23)
- Case Number: 82-85 (Payment received December 24)
- Case Number: 86-88 (Payment received December 25)
- Case Number: 89-92 (Payment received Dec. 26)
- Case Number: 93-95 (Payment received Dec. 27)
- Case Number: 96-99 (Payment received on December 28)
When will other states receive their SNAP benefits in December?
Here you can find the December SNAP benefit payment schedule per state, according to the USDA:
- Alabama: December 4-23
- Alaska: December 1
- Arizona: December 1-13
- Arkansas: December 4-13
- California: December 1-10
- Colorado: December 1-10
- Connecticut: December 1-3
- Delaware: December 2-23
- District of Columbia: December 1-10
- Florida: from December 1 to 28
- Georgia: December 5 to 23
- Hawaii: December 3-5
- Idaho: December 1-10
- Illinois: December 1-10 and previous cases December 1-20
- Indiana: December 5-23
- Iowa: December 1-10
- Kansas: December 1-10
- Kentucky: December 1-19
- Louisiana: December 1-23
- Maine: December 10-14
- Maryland: December 4-23
- Massachusetts: December 1-14
- Michigan: December 3-21
- Minnesota: December 4-13
- Mississippi: December 4-21
- Missouri: December 1 to 22
- Montana: December 2-6
- Nebraska: December 1-5
- Snowfall: December 1-10
- New Hampshire: December 5
- New Jersey: December 1-5
- New Mexico: December 1-20
- New York: December 1-9
- North Carolina: December 3-21
- North Dakota: December 1
- Oklahoma: December 1-10
- Oregon: December 1-9
- Pennsylvania: December 3-14
- Rhode Island: December 1
- South Carolina: December 1-10
- South Dakota: December 10
- Tennessee: December 1-20
- Texas: December 1-28
- Utah: December 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: December 1
- Virginia: December 1-7
- Washington: December 1-20
- West Virginia: December 1-9
- Wisconsin: December 1-15
- Wyoming: December 1-4
How much money do SNAP beneficiaries regularly earn per month?
Although the average payment varies by household size and income, as of October, the new payment amounts in every state are as here detailed:
- Household size 1: $292
- Household size 2: $536
- Household size 3: $768
- Household size 4: $975
- Household size 5: $1158
- Household size 6: $1390
- Household size 7: $1536
- Household size 8: $1,756