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The governor's office announced on Friday that SNAP benefits had been extended in one state for the whole month of July.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will be giving more money for emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments in July, Governor Greg Abbott stated on Friday.
About 1.4 million households in Texas will get emergency SNAP food assistance totaling more than $301.8 million. This comes on top of the $7.2 billion that has already been given since April 2020.
How To Be Eligible For Texas SNAP Benefits?
Based on family size, the HHSC provides grantees with the maximum amount of benefits that are permitted. All SNAP households will get emergency allotments totaling at least $95 each. By July 31, this extra emergency allocation ought to be visible in beneficiaries' accounts, according to MSN.
The US government gave HHSC official clearance. All SNAP households will receive a minimum of $95 in emergency allotments, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) will increase the maximum, allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on family size. The emergency July allotments are in addition to the more than $7.2 billion in benefits that have already been given to Texans since April 2020, as per Houston Chronicles.
SNAP, a federal program administered by HHSC, offers food assistance to qualified low-income families and individuals in Texas. Texans in need can apply for benefits, such as Medicaid and SNAP, at YourTexasBenefits.com or manage their benefits using the Your Texas Benefits smartphone app.
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Delaware To Provide More SNAP Benefits
Meanwhile, the Delaware Division of Social Services announced on Wednesday that eligible households would receive emergency benefit checks as part of the state's ongoing response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Benefits will be distributed through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and General Assistance programs as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (GA). To qualify, you must be enrolled in one of those programs, as per GoBangkingRates.
According to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, the SNAP emergency food benefit will be accessible on claimants' Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards on Thursday, June 30. (DHSS). On or after Thursday, June 30, eligible TANF and GA families will receive a check for an emergency cash payment.
Every household with an active SNAP application will get emergency food assistance totaling at least $95. They will be distributed as follows:
- SNAP families who get a prorated initial payment or the maximum food benefit amount for their family size will receive $95 in emergency food assistance.
- SNAP families will get an emergency benefit boost of $95 if their estimated emergency food benefit is less than that amount.
- SNAP families will continue to receive the calculated emergency benefit amount to increase their monthly benefit up to the maximum benefit amount for their household size if their calculated emergency benefit amount is $95 or more.
A household's monthly benefit for each program will rise thanks to the emergency aid payments for TANF and GA families, up to the maximum benefit level appropriate for the size of the household. The June emergency cash payments are not available to households that already receive the maximum TANF or GA benefit amount, or who get a prorated benefit in June.
Since March 2020, the DHSS has provided qualified households with monthly emergency benefits. She stated that although there was no specified time frame, the emergency benefits will eventually come to an end.
The current maximum benefit amount for the household size is deducted from the household's existing monthly benefit amount to arrive at the household's monthly emergency benefit. According to the current USDA restrictions for SNAP benefits, a family would get $150 in emergency assistance ($250 maximum benefit less $100 monthly benefit) if it received $100 in regular monthly benefits.
For a SNAP family of two, the maximum payout is $459. For a household of three people, the cost is $658; for a family of four, it is $835; for a family of five, it is $992; for a family of six, it is $1,190; for a family of seven, it is $1,316; and for a family of eight, it is $1,504. Families with more than that receive $188 for each new member.
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