Michigan households eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will start receiving payments in four days.
SNAP-participating households will receive payments from Oct. 3 to Oct. 21 on odd days. The specific arrival date for food stamps depends on a household’s last digit of the SNAP ID number.
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Recipients with ID numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 will receive their payments on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th, respectively. ID numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 will collect benefits on the 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 21st, respectively.
Those who become eligible for SNAP benefits after Oct. 21 or after their ID number passes will still collect food stamps for October and will not need to wait for the next round in November.
In Michigan, the maximum payment is $281 for a household of one, $1,116 for a household of five, and $1,691 for a household of eight. An additional $211 is added as a maximum for each additional household member above eight.
Eligible households can use their SNAP benefits at participating locations, such as farmers markets and grocery stores, with the payments intended to be spent on healthy foods. Payments are reloaded each month onto an electronic benefit transfer card. In Michigan, the EBT card is called a “Bridge Card.”
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Around 1.34 million receive food stamps, accounting for 13% of Michigan’s population. The average payment per household member per month is $181.
Michigan received an increase in its food stamps due to the cost-of-living adjustments for fiscal 2023. Until Saturday, 48 states and Washington, D.C., (excluding Hawaii and Alaska) will receive the same maximum benefits.
