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You can do FREE balance inquiries: ? By calling the EBT Helpline toll free number at 1-888-328-6399 or check the internet at . At food stores to check your food account. At ATMs to check your cash account where EBT cards are accepted. Use your SNAP benefit account to purchase food.

You'll have to renew your food stamps before your certification period (the amount of time you'll get food stamps) ends. That period is 12 months for most Illinois households. You'll get a letter in the mail when it's time to reapply.

You may use your card to withdraw cash benefits at any ATM with the Quest sign. You cannot get cash from your food benefit account. You can make up to four withdrawals a month without having to pay a transaction fee. You will have to pay a transaction fee for each ATM withdrawal after the fourth one in a month.

Under the CalFresh Program, benefits are available on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card based on the last digit of the individual's county case number. For example, if a case number ends in the number ?5,? the day the benefits are available on the EBT card is the 5th day of each month.

Your SNAP benefits do not expire at the end of each month. If your SNAP case is closed for some reason, you still have the right to use any remaining benefits in your EBT account before the case closed.

Overnight issuances are deposited into the client's account at a.m. the following day, including Saturdays and holidays. Rapid Electronic Issuances (REI) are deposited into the client's account by p.m. and p.m. each working day.

For a family of three, the poverty line used to calculate SNAP benefits in federal fiscal year 2023 is $1,920 a month. Thus, 130 percent of the poverty line for a three-person family is $2,495 a month, or about $29,940 a year. The poverty level is higher for bigger families and lower for smaller families.