FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FOOD STAMPS

1. Food stamps are available to citizens of the United States and certain immigrants living legally in the country.

2. To be eligible, a household cannot earn more than 130 percent of the poverty level. For a family of three, that is $26,208 a year. The maximum benefit for that family would be $511 a month.

3. Two-thirds of food stamp participants are children, seniors and adults with a disability.

4. Forty percent of food stamp recipients live in working households.

5. Georgia is rolling out work requirements for able-bodied adults without kids or dependents. The requirements are in 24 counties, several in the Atlanta area, and are slated to go statewide by 2019.