The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending payments to Michigan households on Tuesday.
Recipients will collect SNAP 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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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.
Households 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.
About 1.34 million people receive food stamps, accounting for 13% of Michigan’s population. The average payment per household member per month is $181.
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 in Michigan. And $211 is added as a maximum for each additional household member above eight.
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Payments are reloaded each month onto an electronic benefit transfer card. In Michigan, the EBT card is called a “Bridge Card.” 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.
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.
