Food stamps: Final direct payment worth average of $180 for Florida residents to go out in four days
Jack Birle
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Those who benefit from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the Sunshine State should expect to receive their food assistance within the next four days.
In Florida, food stamp benefits are distributed from the 1st through the 28th of every month to every person in the program. This means every beneficiary will receive their monthly payment by July 28.
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The distribution schedule for food stamps in the Sunshine State is based on a formula using certain digits in a person’s case number. The formula the state 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 his or her benefits. If a recipient’s ninth digit is 9 and the 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.
The average benefit payment per household member for SNAP in Florida is $180, with approximately 2.85 million people, or roughly 13% of the state’s population, receiving assistance paying for food. More information on eligibility requirements to receive food stamps in Florida can be found on the state’s website.
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Officials in the Sunshine State said food stamp benefits may be used to “buy breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy, and plants and seeds to grow food for your household to eat.” Food stamps, however, 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.
Food stamp benefits are loaded onto an EBT, or electronic benefit transfer, card so those in the program may use their monthly payments for eligible items at grocery stores or other stores.