All households in Alaska eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will receive their payments in five days.
Alaska is one of four states that send out payments to every SNAP-participating household, regardless of case number or last name, on the first of the month. The other states that also send out all payments on the first of the month are North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
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In the Last Frontier, eligible households are split into three regions. Each region, two rural and one urban, produces a different maximum monthly payment.
Eligible households living in the “Urban” region will receive a maximum payment of $230 for a household of one, $767 for a household of four, and $1,382 for a household of eight. After eight, the program adds a maximum of $173 for each additional member.
In the “Rural I” region, the maximum payment for a household of one is $293. A household of four can receive up to $979, and a household of eight can receive up to $1,762. For each additional person, a maximum of $220 is added.
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For “Rural II” households, maximum payments are $357 for one, $1,191 for four, and $2,145 for eight, with $268 added for each additional member.
Around 92,100 people, or 12% of the population, receive food stamps in Alaska. The average payment per Alaskan household member per month is $271.
