Food stamps: 19 states sending out SNAP benefits worth up to $1,751 this week

With August winding down, there are residents in 19 states and territories who should expect to see their food stamp benefits by this Sunday.

The funds, worth up to $1,751 for a household of eight, will be uploaded to an Electronic Benefits Transfer card, which functions as a debit card and can be used at any supermarket or grocery store that accepts the benefits. To qualify for SNAP, a household income must be at or below 130% of the poverty line — $2,072 per month or $32,328 per year. Benefits are distributed over a one-year period.

States do not distribute the funds all in one day, as some do it over the course of the month.

An individual recipient is eligible to receive a monthly allotment of $291.

Each state, district, and territory manages and distributes the benefits differently. Some of them make payments depending on a claimant’s given number, and others pay them out according to the first letter of the claimant’s last name.

Here are the states that will send benefits to recipients this week:

Alabama: Aug. 4 to 23

Delaware: Aug. 2 to 23

Florida: Aug. 1 to 28

Georgia: Aug. 5 to 23

Illinois: Aug. 1 to 20

Indiana: Aug. 5 to 23

Kentucky: Aug. 1 to 19

Louisiana: Aug. 1 to 23

Maryland: Aug. 4 to 23

Mississippi: Aug. 4 to 21

Missouri: Aug. 1 to 22

New Mexico: Aug. 1 to 20

North Carolina: Aug. 3 to 21

Ohio: Aug. 2 to 20

Puerto Rico: Aug. 4 to 22

South Carolina: Aug. 1 to 19

Tennessee: Aug. 1 to 20

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Texas: Aug. 1 to 28

Washington: Aug. 1 to 20