According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps ensure food security for more than 41 million people (about one in every eight Americans) (USDA). SNAP is a federal program, but it is managed by states, therefore payments are distributed inconsistently across the country.

The US Department of Health and Human Services, eligibility standards and benefit amounts are consistent throughout all states except Alaska and Hawaii. As stated in the Census Bureau, the method by which benefits are computed varies greatly from one state to the next.

In New Hampshire, for example, just 6% of the population participates in SNAP, and they get a comparatively modest $110 monthly payout. In Louisiana, 17% of the population receives SNAP, and the average payout is $135. Naturally, states with larger populations have more SNAP participants, and those with higher poverty rates have a higher percentage of their inhabitants enrolled in the program.

Even the name of the program might differ from one state to the next. It's known as FoodShare in Wisconsin. CalFresh is the name given to it in California. Food Stamps are still used in Utah, as per AOL.

Which States Provide SNAP Benefits Until August 2022?

According to Go Banking Rates, the following states and territories have been approved to run a P-EBT program and/or prolong emergency SNAP allotments through August 2022:

• Alabama

• Alaska

• Arizona

• Colorado

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• District of Columbia

• Hawaii

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Kansas

• Kentucky

• Louisiana

• Maryland

• Massachusetts

• Michigan

• Minnesota

• Mississippi

• Nevada

• New Jersey

• New Mexico

• North Carolina

• North Dakota

• Ohio

• Oklahoma

• Oregon

• Pennsylvania

• Puerto Rico

• Rhode Island

• South Carolina

• Utah

• Vermont

• Virginia

• Washington

• West Virginia

• Wisconsin

Visit the official USDA website for Emergency Allotments and P-EBT for further information and updates and to determine which benefits have been extended in your state.

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Oregon To Issue $46 Million Food Aid For Children

The federal government has given the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) permission to provide additional food benefits to young children whose families earned Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits between September 2021 and May 2022.

• Families must have received SNAP assistance between September 20, 2021, and May 20, 2022.

• Children in the household who were 5 years old or younger at any point during this period are eligible for extra food assistance.

• During this time, families will get extra food assistance for each month that:

• One or more of their children were aged 5 and under.

• The family was eligible for SNAP assistance.

Eligible families will get an additional $63 food benefit per kid on their EBT card for each month that their children were 5 or younger while their family received SNAP assistance. For each qualified kid, families can earn up to $567 in extra food assistance.

These additional food benefits are provided as part of the Pandemic EBT (P-EBT) program, a temporary COVID-19 program meant to provide additional food assistance to children whose access to sufficient and healthy food may have been restricted by COVID-19, The Chronicle Online reported.

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