The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will issue its final payments to New Mexico residents over the next two days before the program wraps up for July.

While the payment schedule for SNAP benefits ranges from state to state, the process for receiving the reloaded payments remains universal. SNAP benefits typically reload on the same day each month, with the date depending on a recipient's Social Security number, case number, last name, or account number.

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In New Mexico, food stamps are issued between July 1 and July 20. Most states send out payments beginning on the 1st of the month and continue to reload throughout the month.

In September 2021, the New Mexico Human Services Department announced that SNAP benefit payments would increase for eligible residents beginning in October of that year. Payments increased by 21% from pre-pandemic levels.

With the increase, SNAP households received an increase in benefits of, on average, $36 per person — or about $1.20 per day. A household of one now receives a maximum payment of $250. A household of eight can receive up to $1,504 in SNAP benefits.

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For each additional household member, a maximum of $188 is tacked on to the payment.

SNAP benefit participants will receive the amount transferred to a prepaid electronic benefit transfer card. The EBT card works just like a debit card and can be used at participating grocery stores and farmers markets or at some retailers online.