Food stamps: September SNAP payments for three states to arrive in two days
Rachel Schilke
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With the start of September comes the next round of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments. Three states will begin sending out benefits on a rolling basis throughout the month on Sunday.
Hawaii, Michigan, and North Carolina begin sending their payments out on the 3rd of each month. The Aloha State sends out SNAP benefits for only two days, ending on Sept. 5.
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Michigan and North Carolina both send out payments from Sept. 3 to Sept. 21. However, if a household becomes eligible on the last day of the payment period, they will still receive their benefits — for example, a household will not need to wait until October to receive food stamps if they become eligible for SNAP on the 21st.
Food stamps are distributed either based on a recipient’s last name, Social Security number, or SNAP case number. Hawaii SNAP is issued based on the first letter of the last name. Recipients with last names A through I receive benefits beginning on the 3rd, while recipients with last names J through Z should receive them on the 5th.
Michigan sends out food stamps using the last digit of the SNAP ID. If the ID ends in 0, 1, 2, or 3, the payments are sent out on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th, respectively. Recipients with IDs ending in 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 receive payments on the 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st, respectively.
In North Carolina, SNAP benefits are distributed based on the last digit of a recipient’s Social Security Number. If the number ends in 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, benefits are sent out on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th of the month, respectively. Recipients with SSN numbers ending in 6, 7, 8, 9, or 0 collect payments on the 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st, respectively. Those without SSNs will receive payments on the 3rd.
Hawaii and Alaska are the only two states that receive different maximum payments compared to the other 48 states and Washington, D.C.
In the Aloha State, a household of one can receive a maximum payment of $538, a household of four can receive as much as $1,794, and a household of eight can receive up to $3,230. The program adds a maximum of $404 to the food stamps payment for each additional household member.
For North Carolina and Michigan, the maximum SNAP payment is $281 for a household of one, $939 for a household of four, and $1,691 for a household of eight. For additional household members, $211 is added.
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Across all three states, a little over 3 million people receive food stamps.
Food stamps are reloaded each month onto an electronic benefits transfer card. The money is intended for healthy food and groceries and can be used at participating grocery stores, online retailers, and farmers markets.