SNAP Benefits 2022: Who Is Eligible for Up to $100 Payments for Children?

The Pandemic EBT, or Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer, will be providing more than 30 million children in the U.S. with financial aid for food in the summer.

The SNAP benefits 2022 scheme will be helping children from low-income families this summer to procure food over the upcoming season.

Marca News reported that eligibility criteria may be different from one state to the other, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture advises people to get in touch with their local SNAP office.

The Agriculture Department's website noted that households must meet certain requirements to be eligible for SNAP and receive benefits.

SNAP Benefits 2022 Pandemic EBT Eligibility

The Families First Coronavirus Response Act has allowed the USDA to approve an extension of the state P-EBT plan during a certain period in the summer.

Pandemic EBT can be issued regardless of the student's school status, COVID-related absences, virtual learning days, or the operating status of covered childcare facilities.

Go Banking Rates noted that children in school may be eligible if they received Pandemic EBT during the last month of the 2021-2022 school year.

They can also be qualified if they were eligible for free or reduced-price school meals under the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program in the 2021-2022 school year, but did not receive Pandemic EBT benefits in the last month.

Children in schools or school districts that have been recently approved to start operations in the 2022-2023 school year can also be qualified for Pandemic EBT.

Meanwhile, children in child care programs may be eligible for Pandemic EBT if they were enrolled in SNAP during the covered summer period and received Pandemic EBT child care benefits in the last month of the school year.

They can also be qualified if they were enrolled in SNAP or were born before the end of the covered summer period and are eligible for the full Pandemic EBT summer benefit or the pro-rated summer benefit.

SNAP Benefits 2022

More than 42 million people living in the United States rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, to help feed their families.

As of January 2021, a temporary boost was given to SNAP benefits. The SNAP maximum benefits increased, despite the 15 percent boost expiring.

California has a SNAP benefits average per household member worth $141 per month, with a total number of recipients reaching 3.79 million and 10 percent of its population receiving SNAP, according to another Go Banking Rates report.

Meanwhile, Colorado offers $128 of the average SNAP benefit per household each month, with the number of recipients having a total of $450 and eight percent of the population receiving SNAP.

Florida offers an average SNAP benefit per household member per month amounting to $127, with the number of recipients reaching 2.85 million and 13 percent of the population receiving SNAP.

In Texas, household members receive an average benefit of $125 per month, with 12 percent of the population receiving SNAP.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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