Delaware's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin its December payments, worth up to $1,751, in three days.

The First State starts distributing SNAP payments on the second day of each month and is unique for having one of the longest distribution windows in the United States. Payments are distributed for most of the month, with the first letter of a recipient's last name determining the issuance date.

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The payments for December will be distributed between Dec. 1 and Dec. 24. People 21 years old and younger who live with their parents have to apply with them.

The amount for SNAP payments in Delaware is determined by the household size of recipients. Single-person households receive $291, and eight-person households receive $1,751. In households larger than eight, $219 is included for each additional person.

To qualify for SNAP payments in the First State, a household's income cannot exceed 200% of the federal poverty level — a single-person household cannot make more than $2,266 monthly, and an eight-person household cannot make more than $7,772 monthly.

Delaware SNAP payments are automatically loaded onto a Delaware Food First card, an electronic benefits transfer card. The card can be used like a debit card but is only for food and nonalcoholic drinks. The funds cannot be used on luxuries like alcohol and tobacco products.

The funds received each month remain on the card without expiring as long as the card remains in regular use. To check the amount remaining on their Delaware Food First cards, recipients can look at their last grocery receipt.

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Created through the 1964 Food Stamp Act as one of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs, SNAP says it 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.