Montana residents set to receive up to $1,751 in SNAP benefits starting Tuesday

Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending its April payments, worth up to $1,751, on Tuesday.

Beginning on the second, SNAP payments in Montana are distributed over five days every month. Recipients get their payments on days according to their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or last name.

April’s payments will be distributed from Tuesday to Saturday.

To qualify for SNAP payments in Montana, a single-person household must have a net monthly income under $1,215, and an eight-person household must have a net monthly income under $4,214.

SNAP benefits can be used at farmers markets, grocery stores, and other participating locations. The payments are automatically loaded on electronic benefits transfer cards every month on the dates allocated.

Household sizes determine recipients’ SNAP payment amounts. Single-person households receive $291 per month, while eight-person households receive up to $1,751 per month. In households larger than eight, $219 is added for each additional person.

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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 those in poverty by providing monthly stipends.

SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C., with some variations across the 51 different programs.