Food stamps: Final direct payment worth average of $180 for Florida residents to go out in nine days
Jack Birle
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Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Florida will receive their monthly benefits in the next nine days.
In the Sunshine State, SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, are delivered to recipients from the 1st through the 28th of every month. Distribution of the SNAP benefits follows a formula based on a person’s case number.
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Food stamps in Florida can be used to “buy breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy, and plants and seeds to grow food for your household to eat,” according to the state. The benefits cannot be used to purchase “pet foods, soaps, paper products, household supplies, grooming items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vitamins, medicines, food to eat in the store, or hot foods.”
The formula Florida follows involves taking the ninth digit followed by the eighth digit of a person’s case number to create a two-digit number, which identifies when someone receives their benefits. If a recipient’s ninth digit is 9 and their eighth digit is 8, then the number for this formula would be 98.
For case numbers in which this number is 00-03, those people will receive their benefits on the 1st of a month. Those who receive their benefits from the 2nd through the 27th of the month are in groups of three, beginning with 04-06 for the 2nd of the month and ending with 93-95 for the 27th. Those whose ninth and eighth digits are 96-99 receive their benefits on the 28th.
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The average benefit payment per household member in the Sunshine State for its food stamps program is $180. In Florida, approximately 2.85 million people, or roughly 13% of the state’s population, receive assistance paying for food via SNAP.
The maximum annual income permitted to be eligible for SNAP in Florida depends on household size. For a household of one, the maximum annual income is $29,160, and for a household of five, the maximum annual income is $70,280.