Ohio residents who qualify for food stamps, now known as Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) benefits, receive their payments from the 2nd to the 20th of every month, based on the last ...

Previously, a family of three would qualify for benefits with a minimum monthly income of $2,379. Now, beginning Oct. 1 (for federal fiscal year 2023), the gross income limit for three will be $2,495.

To qualify, Ohio recipients generally have to have net income at or below federal poverty guidelines — $32,150 a year for a family of four. Benefits averaged $6.28 per person, per day last year.

SNAP provides monthly benefits to low-income people, including nearly 1.4 million in Ohio, to help them pay for groceries. The federal bill passed around the same time as Ohio's two-year budget ...

Passed and signed into law last Thursday and Friday, the Republican-majority Congress’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes major changes to federal food assistance, including by eventually shifting ...