SNAP Benefits 2022: Here's How You Can Use Your EBT Card at Walmart

SNAP Benefits payments are distributed through an electronic benefits transfer card or EBT card.

SNAP benefits, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is the federal government's food program to help low-income families cover the cost of providing healthy and nutritious food on their tables, according to a Go Banking Rates report.

EBT cards can be used for participating stores, farmers' markets, and groceries. Walmart is one of the many retailers that accept EBT payments.

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Walmart has become an affordable place for many people to shop with their SNAP benefits. To use your EBT cards in Walmart, eligible SNAP recipients will need an online Walmart account to use EBT for pick-up or delivery.

Stand Up Wireless report noted that recipients can pay for Walmart online grocery with EBT in all but five states, namely Arkansas, Alaska, Louisiana, Maine, and Montana. People living in these states can't pay for groceries online but can purchase the goods online and pay with their EBT card when they pick up their order at the store.

New York was the first state to launch SNAP's Online Purchasing Pilot in 2019, followed by Washington state in 2020.

Alabama, Iowa, and Oregon then launched their own versions of the program. However, SNAP benefits will not be able to cover any related service fee.

SNAP benefits are also not allowed to pay for delivery fees.

Walmart does not allow customers with SNAP benefits to procure alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.

Nonfood items such as pet foods, household supplies, hygiene items, and cosmetics are also not allowed.

Customers can also order groceries and pay with EBT on Amazon in all states except Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Montana.

SNAP benefits online can also be used at Instacart, BJ's Wholesale, and Kroger, among others.

SNAP Benefits 2022

Over 42 million people in the United States depend on SNAP benefits to feed their families.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture adjusts SNAP maximum allotments, deductions, and income eligibility standards based on the changes in the cost of living.

However, there have been some changes that have affected the number of SNAP benefits people and families will receive, according to another Go Banking Rates report.

In January 2021, a temporary 15 percent boost was provided to SNAP benefits. It expired on Sept. 30, 2021.

Meanwhile, emergency allotments from each state are still effective in most states but will phase out as the public health emergency comes to an end.

Average SNAP benefits will then be around $169 per person as compared to the lesser average benefit of $133 that they would have received before the USDA reevaluated the Thrifty Food Plan.

Maximum allotments for a family of four is at $835 in the 48 states and D.C.

Alaska offers a maximum allotment of $1,074 to $1,667; Hawaii at $1,573; and Guam worth $1,231.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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