Montana’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin sending its March payments, worth up to $1,751, in 17 days.

SNAP payments in Montana are distributed over five days each month, beginning on the 2nd. March’s payments will be sent from March 2 to March 6. The dates recipients receive their payments depend on their SNAP case number, account number, Social Security number, or last name.

Household sizes determine recipients’ SNAP payment amounts. Single-person households receive $291 per month, while eight-person households receive up to $1,751 per month. In households larger than eight, $219 is added for each additional person.

SNAP benefits can be used at participating locations, including farmers markets and grocery stores. The payments are automatically loaded on an electronic benefits transfer card every month.

To qualify for SNAP payments in Montana, a single-person household cannot have a net monthly income exceeding $1,215, and an eight-person household cannot have a net monthly income exceeding $4,214.

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Created through the 1964 Food Stamp Act as one of President Lyndon B. Johnson‘s Great Society programs, SNAP aims to improve the nutrition of those in poverty by providing a monthly stipend.

SNAP is active across all states and Washington, D.C.