Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin its December payments, worth up to $1,751, in one week.
Montana distributes its SNAP payments over five days, beginning on the second day of the month, one week from Sunday, and ending on the 6th. The date recipients receive their payments varies depending on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or last name.
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The amount for SNAP payments in the state is determined by the household size of recipients. Single-person households receive $281 per month, and eight-person households receive up to $1,691 per month. In households larger than eight, $211 is added for each additional person.
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.
SNAP benefits can be used at participating locations, including farmers markets and grocery stores. Payments are automatically reloaded every month onto 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 by supplementing their food costs.
SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C., with variations across the 51 programs.
