Low-income Iowa residents will continue collecting February payments from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through Saturday.
Iowa sends SNAP payments to recipients from the first through the 10th of every month. Food stamps will arrive based on the first letter of the household’s last name.
Households with last names starting with A through S should have received food stamp payments by Thursday. Those with last names beginning with T through Z should collect SNAP benefits on Friday or Saturday.
Households with last names starting with T, U, and V will receive payments on Friday, and households with last names beginning with W, X, Y, or Z will collect on Saturday.
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In the Hawkeye State, the average payment per household member per month is $170. Approximately 9% of the Iowa population, or 278,800 people, receives food stamps.
The maximum payment is $291 for a household of one, $1,155 for a household of five, and $1,751 for a household of eight. For each household member above eight, $219 is added.
