Food stamps: Minnesota December SNAP payments worth up to $1,751 end in one day

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will stop sending benefits to Minnesota residents for December on Wednesday.

Food stamps are delivered to residents in the North Star State from Dec. 4 to Dec. 13. SNAP benefits are sent out based on the last digit of a recipient’s case number.

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Recipients with case numbers ending in “3” should collect their benefits on Wednesday. All other case numbers should have collected benefits by Tuesday.

Around 435,900 Minnesotans, which is nearly 8% of the state’s population, receive SNAP benefits. The average payment per household member each month is $157.

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.

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SNAP benefits are reloaded on an electronic benefit transfer card each month. Food stamps are intended to be used for healthy foods at participating grocery stores, farmers markets, and some online retailers.

The money should be used to purchase groceries, snacks, fresh food, seeds, and plants. Benefits cannot be used to buy alcohol, tobacco products, vitamins, live animals, prepared foods, or any nonfood household items.