Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending February payments worth up to $1,751 in nine days.
The First State begins the distribution of SNAP payments on the second day of each month and has one of the longest distribution windows in the United States . Payments are distributed for most of the month. The first letter of a recipient’s last name determines the issuance dates for their payments.
The first January payment went out on Jan. 2, and the last one went out on Tuesday, Jan. 23. February payments will begin in nine days, on Feb. 2.
SNAP payment amounts are determined by household size. Single-person households receive $291, and eight-person households receive $1,751. In households larger than eight, $219 is included for each additional person.
Delaware SNAP payments are automatically loaded on a Delaware Food First electronic benefits transfer card, which can be used as a debit card for food and nonalcoholic drinks. The funds cannot be used on luxuries such as alcohol and tobacco products.