Food stamps: January Montana SNAP payments worth up to $1,751 begin in 19 days

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This photo taken Jan. 8, 2014, shows the contents of a specially prepared box of food at a food bank distribution, as part of a research project with Feeding America to try to improve the health of diabetics in food-insecure families. Eric Risberg

Food stamps: January Montana SNAP payments worth up to $1,751 begin in 19 days

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Montana will begin its January payments, worth up to $1,751, in 19 days.

Montana distributes SNAP payments over five days each month. This month’s payments began on Dec. 2, and January’s payments will be disbursed from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6. The date when recipients get their payment depends on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or last name.

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To qualify for SNAP payments in Montana, a single-person household cannot have a net monthly income above $1,215, and an eight-person household cannot have a net monthly income above $4,214.

The household size of recipients determines the amount of their SNAP payments. Single-person households receive $291 per month, and eight-person households receive up to $1,751 monthly. In households larger than eight, $219 is added for each additional person.

SNAP benefits can be used at participating locations, including farmers markets and grocery stores. The payments are automatically loaded monthly to an electronic benefits transfer card.

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Created through the 1964 Food Stamp Act as one of President Lyndon B. Johnson‘s Great Society programs, SNAP aims to improve the nutrition of impoverished people.

SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C.

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