Indiana SNAP Recipients Will Begin Receiving Maximum Benefit Amounts Next Week

These additional funds will begin with the April distributions.

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(Indianapolis, Ind.) -The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced today that more than 152,000 Indiana households will receive additional Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits this Sunday.

These additional funds will begin with the April distributions and are intended to help Hoosiers obtain food and support for their families while Indiana responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act gives states the option to provide SNAP households with the maximum SNAP allotment, which is based on household size. Households who are not currently receiving the maximum allotment will receive additional benefits which will bring their allotment amounts to the maximum.

Households who are already receiving the maximum benefit will not receive additional benefits.

Indiana SNAP recipients receive benefits according to a schedule based on the first letter of their last name via electronic benefit transfer. Each month, distribution starts on the 5th and concludes on the 23rd.

All new applicants authorized in April will also receive the maximum allotment for their household size. FSSA is working to inform various stakeholders, including retailers, of the change to help them inform and explain to SNAP recipients the reason for additional allotment.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides food assistance to low and no income people and families living in the United States. It is a federal aid program administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Distribution of benefits occurs at the state level. In February 2020, 559,600 Hoosiers from approximately 253,658 households across Indiana received SNAP benefits.