Food stamps: First direct SNAP payment arrives for Kansas residents in five days
Rachel Schilke
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments will be issued to Kansas residents in five days.
Kansas sends food stamps beginning Aug. 1, and payments continue until Aug. 10. While payments are usually issued to SNAP-participating households on the same day every month, the exact arrival date varies based on a beneficiary’s Social Security number, case number, account number, or last name.
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Maximum food stamp payments are $250 for a household of one, $835 for a household of four, and $1,504 for a household of eight. For each additional household member, the program includes $188.
The maximum net income for Kansas SNAP recipients is $1,074 for a household of one, $2,587 for a household of five, and $3,722 for a household of eight. For each person in the household that exceeds eight, $379 is added to the maximum net income.
Approximately 7% of the Kansas population receives SNAP benefits, amounting to 195,800 people. The average payment per household member is $171.
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Kansas residents began receiving a 10% increase in their food stamps from pre-March 2021 levels in October 2021 after the Kansas Department for Children and Families announced a change in the program.
The department had temporarily increased benefits by 15% between March 2021 to September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but ended that at the beginning of October that year.