Washington state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will finish issuing food stamps for the month of August in six days.

In the Evergreen State, food stamp payments are issued between Aug. 1 and Aug. 20, and the state typically sends out benefits on a similar schedule each month. SNAP is known as the Basic Food program in Washington, and payments are usually sent out depending on the date recipients applied for benefits, and the dates will be listed on the approval letter if a household has qualified for SNAP.

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To be eligible for SNAP, Washington residents must meet certain income and household requirements. A household of one can get up to $281 in benefits, and a household of three can receive up to $740. A household of five can receive a maximum of $1,116. The average payment per household member each month is $168, and any household larger than eight could see a maximum of $211 per additional person.

A household's gross monthly income generally must be at or below 130% of the federal poverty line. A household of one has an income limit of $1,945 per month, a household of three has a limit of $3,299, and a household of five is capped at $4,652.

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Households receive Basic Food benefits via electronic benefits transfer cards, which can be used at participating grocery and convenience stores. Washingtonians can use their SNAP EBT card to purchase meat, poultry and fish products, dairy items, breads and cereals, and other eligible groceries.

In Washington state, around 18% of the population (or 310,900 people) receives food stamps, per the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.