SNAP benefits payments can be used in various ways, with users not even knowing that they are allowed to use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments to get discounts, aside from basic food necessities.
Texas' first SNAP benefits payment in 2023 will soon be distributed to its eligible residents after Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the state's Health and Human Services Commission is issuing more than $344.1 million in emergency SNAP food benefits this month.
The U.S. Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service has adjusted the SNAP benefits payments, its maximum allotments, deductions, and income eligibility standards, with the adjustments applied on October 1, 2022.
SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, have helped millions of low-income Americans put food on their table through the purchase of basic food necessities deemed to be SNAP-eligible items.