The food stamp program in the Sunshine State, which provides food assistance to eligible people, will distribute benefits to all its recipients in the next three days.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Florida gives beneficiaries their benefits from the 1st through the 28th of every month. Monthly benefits for July will be sent to all beneficiaries of the program by July 28.
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The distribution schedule for SNAP benefits in Florida is determined by a formula using certain digits in a person’s case number. The formula the Sunshine State follows involves taking the ninth digit followed by the eighth digit of a person's case number to create a two-digit number, which identifies when someone receives his or her benefits. If a recipient's ninth digit is 9 and the eighth digit is 8, then the number for this formula would be 98.
People with case numbers in which this combination is 00-03 will receive their benefits on the 1st of a month. Those who receive their benefits from the 2nd through the 27th of the month are in groups of three, beginning with 04-06 for the 2nd and ending with 93-95 for the 27th. Those whose ninth and eighth digits are 96-99 receive their benefits on the 28th.
Food stamp benefits are loaded onto an EBT, or electronic benefit transfer, card so those in the program may use their monthly payments for eligible items at grocery stores or other stores. More information on how to use an EBT card and eligibility requirements to receive food stamps in the state can be found on the Florida government’s website.
For food stamps in Florida, the average benefit payment per household member is $180, and approximately 2.85 million people, or roughly 13% of the state's population, receive assistance paying for food.
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Sunshine State officials said that food stamp benefits may be used to "buy breads, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, dairy, and plants and seeds to grow food for your household to eat.”
The state said food stamps cannot be used to buy "pet foods, soaps, paper products, household supplies, grooming items, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, vitamins, medicines, food to eat in the store, or hot foods.