Bonus Snap benefits, otherwise known as food stamps, have been approved. I have the full list, all the details, and everything you need to know right here on this topic. Alright, So I do completely recognize that a lot of you, you in this community are low-income or fixed income beneficiaries. As a result of that, I hope that you are also taking advantage of the very important Snap program, also referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or some people call it food stamps. This is a very important program that sends out monthly benefits to about 43 million beneficiaries every single month. And it was just announced more States will be sending out a bonus payment coming up here relatively soon. And I do have that list for you right here on this topic. However, one quick side note before we get into that, if you have not applied for the Snap program quite yet, I would highly, highly recommend. If you are low income or a fixed-income beneficiary of any kind of benefits like Social Security, whether it’s retirement or SSDI survivors, SSI, VA, RRB, or anything else I would highly recommend, please apply for the Snap program.
It is completely free to do so. It does not take that much time at all. And if you are approved, you will get a card on it. And every single month they will load that card up with some money and you can go out to the grocery store and buy the necessary food items that you want. Of course, there are a few restrictions, but for the most part, there are not that many restrictions. You can buy a lot of things with it and you can take advantage of that program. So like I said, there are about 43 million beneficiaries. Again, really quickly, if you have not applied for this, let me quickly give you the phone number for this. You can call them and you can connect with your local office. Otherwise, you can do a simple Internet search, just go online, type in your state and type in Snap Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Otherwise, if you want the phone number, I’ll give it to you really quickly. And then we will get into that list of the States that are approving the bonus payments going forward. All right, so the phone number is 1802 215689. call that number, follow the prompts on there. It’s an automated system and they will connect you with your local office.
All right, So with that being said, let’s get into the list of all the States with the bonus benefits that will be going out. But really quickly, before we do, As I am your one and only daily advocate and I’m very much dedicated to you in this community to continue doing all the research to break it all down into these short contents so that you can stay updated during this very busy time as information continues to change very, very rapidly. and feel free to share this topic with your friends, family, social media, as there are a lot of people out there that are struggling, especially with this inflation, rapidly rising prices, and food right now. In fact, I’ve been seeing a number of different reports coming out lately that food banks and food pantries across the country right now are getting absolutely slammed by people coming in right now because they don’t have enough money for food.
Therefore, they’re hitting up all these food banks and food pantries, which again, is a great thing. By all means, if you need to take advantage of that, please do it. They are all across the country. They’re all over in major cities, even not in major cities, they are all over the place. You probably have a food bank or a food pantry relatively close to where you are. And according to everything that I’ve been reading on this lately, apparently, they are getting a ton of new people coming in right now or people that are just really struggling and need some extra support with food right now. So again, if that is your situation, please take advantage of this. They have all these programs out there. They have everything for us to take advantage of. Please do it if you need that support. Anyway, I want to get into the list now and talk about all these different States out there that are approving extra bonus Snap benefits right now. So let me quickly give you the details on this and why this is actually still a thing and why these benefits are still going out right now.
So here’s the reason why. This is all as a result of the public health emergency declaration. So this was actually supposed to expire in mid-April. However, a couple of weeks ago they came out and said, just kidding, we’re going to extend it out another 90 days. Great stuff, right? So now this new extension will be bringing us out into mid-July for when the new expiration for the public health emergency declaration is supposed to be set. So that’s a great thing. As a result of this, this allows the States to continue sending out those bonus benefits ongoing if they just so decide to do so. Now, I totally recognize there are a handful of States out there that have canceled the bonus benefit. Not a good thing, right? Especially right now. However, more States may be reinstating them, and or more States may be coming out relatively soon. Here announcing the extra bonus benefit. However, I do want to give you the list that was just announced of all the different States that will be sending these out here relatively quickly. So I do want to give you this list. And again, this could be updated with more States that either decides to send out the bonus and or States that may be reinstating the bonus, especially with all the food insecurity that is going on right now around the country.
So again, I want to bring that list for you into this topic right here, right now. So I’m actually going to jump out of here.
Helping Hand At least seven States have extended emergency food stamps for May Worth $95 is yours on the list. By Alexandra Markovic, Food stamp claimants in A handful of States are once again getting an automatic benefit boost for May. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or Snap, has provided emergency allotments during COVID to help struggling households. The funding plan was announced in April 2021, and it gave the USDA an extra $1 billion per month for Snap. The funds were initially set to expire in September 2021, but it’s since been extended several times. The latest public health emergency was set to expire on April 15, but it was extended for another 90 days last week. This means States who are still providing emergency allotments for people receiving food stamps can continue to do so well, the amount of extra money eligible families may receive generally it depends on family size. $95 is the minimum amount given. A few States have already phased out the added benefit, including Nebraska and Tennessee. Meanwhile, some are still continuing to pay out the boosted benefits through May. You can check out which States are offered in the support for April in our guide.
Emergency staff benefits for May include Washington, DC, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. If your state is not on the list, it may still approve emergency benefits in the days that are coming and the weeks coming. How do you qualify for Snap? If you are looking to apply for Snap, you must apply for the program in the States that you currently reside. Each state has a different application form, but when you connect with your local Snap program, the agents there should be able to help with the application process generally Snap is limited to people with gross incomes, up to 130% of the federal poverty line. Your Snap benefits will also depend on family size and the state you live in.