Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission administers SNAP. Department of Agriculture, the federal and state governments share the administrative costs. While the federal government fully funds SNAP benefits via the U.S. Businesses across the state also benefit from the SNAP funds Texans spend in grocery stories. SNAP benefits help many working families make ends meet on low incomes. SNAP financially benefits low-income Texans by supporting food purchases and freeing up scarce cash resources for other basic needs, such as rent. However, it is not adjusted for local differences in cost of living. The dollar amount of someone’s SNAP benefit varies according to family size and income. SNAP benefits can be used only on food items like fruits and vegetables, flour, meat, fish and dairy products at supermarkets, grocery stores, convenience stores and farmers’ markets. Texans who use SNAP benefits receive them monthly on the Lone Star Card, an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card. Adults without children can receive SNAP for only three months within a three-year period unless they are disabled, elderly, pregnant or working. Of the working-age adults who receive SNAP, the vast majority live in households with children. Generally, households with incomes below 165 percent of the Federal Poverty Level are eligible for SNAP if they also meet the program’s rules on citizenship status, asset limits and work requirements. SNAP serves a broad cross-section of low-income Texans. SNAP acts as a buffer against hunger for low-income working families, seniors, and people with disabilities by supplementing food budgets and making it possible for low-income Texans to buy the food they need. SNAP counters the struggles of hard-working families by providing them with funds to purchase food and pay for basic needs. It is the nation’s most effective anti-hunger program. Kids, the elderly, people with disabilities, veterans, and workers who don’t earn enough to feed their families turn to SNAP to help buy food every month.
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