Texas’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish its September payments, worth up to $1,691, in four days.
SNAP payments in the Lone Star State are issued over the first 10 business days of each month, and the final September payment will be issued on Friday. The receipt date depends on a person’s eligibility determination group number.
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SNAP payment amounts in Texas are based on the household size of recipients — single households receive $281, and eight-member households receive $1,691, according to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s website. Families larger than eight are granted an extra $211 for each additional member.
Household income determines eligibility. A single-person household cannot make more than $1,869 per month, and a five-person household cannot make more than $4,465 monthly to qualify.
SNAP payments are loaded onto a Lone Star Card, an electronic benefit transfer card. The money is automatically loaded onto the card on the issuance date.
Texas has work rules in place for recipients between the ages of 16 and 59. Participants must either work a job, actively seek one, or work in an approved work program, and recipients cannot quit their jobs without good reason.
The SNAP was created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society programs in 1964 through the Food Stamp Act. It is meant to increase the nutrition of low-income residents by supplementing their food costs.
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SNAP benefits can only be spent on food and nonalcoholic drinks. The funds cannot be used on luxury items such as tobacco or bills unrelated to food.
The SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C., and there are slight variations between them.
