Washington state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will stop issuing food stamps for the month of January in four days.
In the Evergreen State, food stamp payments are issued between Jan. 1 and Jan. 20, and the state typically sends out benefits on a similar schedule each month. SNAP is known as the Basic Food Program in Washington, and payments are usually sent out depending on the date that recipients applied for benefits. The dates will be listed on the approval letter if a household has qualified for SNAP.
To be eligible for SNAP, Washington residents must meet certain income and household requirements. A household of one can receive a maximum of $291, a household of five can receive a maximum of $1,155, and a household of eight can receive a maximum of $1,751. A household can receive a maximum of $219 for each additional person after eight. These amounts are based on the recent cost-of-living adjustments for 2023-24.
A household’s gross monthly income generally must be at or below 130% of the federal poverty line. A household of one has an income limit of $1,945 per month, a household of three has a limit of $3,299 per month, and the limit for a household of five is capped at $4,652 per month.
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Households receive Basic Food Program benefits via an electronic benefits transfer card, which can be used at participating grocery and convenience stores. Washingtonians can use their SNAP EBT cards to purchase meat, poultry, fish products, dairy items, breads and cereals, and other eligible groceries.
In Washington state, around 18% of the population (or 310,900 people) receives food stamps, per the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
