The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is very popular all across the United States of America, but it is organized at the state level.
This means that there can be some pretty big differences from state to state in terms of how the program works or how much it pays out. Even the name is different in some states.
SNAP increase 2023 chart: Have SNAP benefits gone up in October 2023?
The US Department of Agriculture oversees the entire program and this body announced in August 2023 that SNAP benefits are going up.
This is good news for the many low-income families who are on this scheme, as they'll be given even more money to help with the purchase of healthy groceries, which is what the program is intended for.
That's why unhealthy items, such as cigarettes or alcohol, are not able to be purchased using the SNAP money, which is loaded on to an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card.
Which state leads the SNAP increase 2023 chart?
The state where SNAP benefits are the highest is Alaska, due to the high cost of living in the northern state. In Alaska, a family of four's maximum SNAP benefits is 1,819, dollars.
The state-by-state SNAP increase 2023 chart
Here comes a list of the SNAP benefits allotment in each state for a family of four receiving the maximum amount:
- Alabama: 939 dollars
- Alaska: 1,819 dollars
- Arizona: 939 dollars
- Arkansas: 939 dollars
- California: 939 dollars
- Colorado: 939 dollars
- Connecticut: 939 dollars
- Delaware: 939 dollars
- Florida: 939 dollars
- Georgia: 939 dollars
- Hawaii: 1,794 dollars
- Idaho: 939 dollars
- Illinois: 939 dollars
- Indiana: 939 dollars
- Iowa: 939 dollars
- Kansas: 939 dollars
- Kentucky: 939 dollars
- Louisiana: 939 dollars
- Maine: 939 dollars
- Maryland: 939 dollars
- Massachusetts: 939 dollars
- Michigan: 939 dollars
- Minnesota: 939 dollars
- Mississippi: 939 dollars
- Missouri: 939 dollars
- Montana: 939 dollars
- Nebraska: 939 dollars
- Nevada: 939 dollars
- New Hampshire: 939 dollars
- New Jersey: 939 dollars
- New Mexico: 939 dollars
- New York: 939 dollars
- North Carolina: 939 dollars
- North Dakota: 939 dollars
- Ohio: 939 dollars
- Oklahoma: 939 dollars
- Oregon: 939 dollars
- Pennsylvania: 939 dollars
- Rhode Island: 939 dollars
- South Carolina: 939 dollars
- South Dakota: 939 dollars
- Tennessee: 939 dollars
- Texas: 939 dollars
- Utah: 939 dollars
- Vermont: 939 dollars
- Virginia: 939 dollars
- Washington: 939 dollars
- West Virginia: 939 dollars
- Wisconsin: 939 dollars
- Wyoming: 939 dollars
