Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will start sending March payments worth up to $1,751 in four days.
The First State begins the distribution of SNAP payments on the second day of each month and possesses one of the longest distribution windows in the United States. Payments are distributed for most of the month. The first letters of recipients’ last names determine the issuance dates for their payments.
The last February payment went out on Friday, Feb. 23, and the first March payment will go out on Saturday, March 2.
SNAP payment amounts are determined by household size. Single-person households may receive $291, and eight-person households may receive $1,751. In households larger than eight, $219 is included for each additional person.
To qualify for SNAP payments in Delaware, a household’s income cannot exceed 200% of the federal poverty level. A single-person household cannot have a
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