One of the big differences between SNAP Food Stamps benefits in the United States and Social Security is the timing. While Social Security checks are set by the federal government, Food Stamps are sent out on different days depending on the state in which you live. For that reason some states send out checks earlier than others.
So one American may have a payment of this benefit already on the EBT card and another living in a neighboring state may not have it yet. This is not the same as Social Security checks, which are divided into four different groups. Each state handles Food Stamps payments the way they want and this makes the SNAP schedule a bit more difficult.
Even so, it is true that it is not really complicated, since we are dealing with a payment that arrives every month to the inhabitants of the United States. This means that Americans who have SNAP Food Stamps accepted have nothing to worry about, since they will get the same payment every month. The most important thing of all is to check the information provided by the USDA.
SNAP Food Stamps Payment Schedule for January 2024
Payments with the COLA 2024 increase already included arrive this January to SNAP Food Stamps recipients on different days of the month. These are the days when the benefit will arrive on the EBT card depending on the State in which we live.
Just by checking the State and the days we can mark on the calendar an approximate date of receipt of this payment to buy food:
- Alabama: January 4-23
- Alaska: January 1
- Arizona: January 1-13
- Arkansas: January 4-13
- California: January 1-10
- Colorado: January 1-10
- Connecticut: January 1-3
- Delaware: January 2-23
- The District of Columbia: January 1-10
- Florida: January 1-28
- Georgia: January 5-23
- Guam: January 1-10
- Hawaii: January 3 and January 5
- Idaho: January 1-10
- Illinois: January 1-10
- Indiana: January 5-23
- Iowa: January 1-10
- Kansas: January 1-10
- Kentucky: January 1-19
- Louisiana: January 1-23
- Maine: January 10-14
- Maryland: January 4-23
- Massachusetts: January 1-14
- Michigan: January 3-21
- Minnesota: January 4-13
- Mississippi: January 4-21
- Missouri: January 1-22
- Montana: January 2-6
- Nebraska: January 1-5
- Nevada: January 1-10
- New Hampshire: January 5
- New Jersey: January 1-5
- New Mexico: January 1-20
- New York: January 1-9
- North Carolina: January 3-21
- North Dakota: January 1
- Ohio: January 2-20
- Oklahoma: January 1-10
- Oregon: January 1-9
- Pennsylvania: over the first 10 business days in January (no holidays or weekends)
- Rhode Island: January 1
- South Carolina: January 1-10
- South Dakota: January 10
- Tennessee: January 1-20
- Texas: January 1-28
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: January 1
- Utah: January 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: January 1
- Virginia: January 1-7
- Washington: January 1-20
- West Virginia: January 1-9
- Wisconsin: January 1-15
- Wyoming: January 1-4
Remember that family size determines the amount of each SNAP Food Stamps check. For a family of four, it can be as much as $973. While that may be the maximum check, it is certainly possible to reach the amount. If it is a single citizen claiming this benefit the payment can be as high as $291 per month.
If you are waiting to get SNAP Food Stamps just check the calendar. Likewise, if you do not know when you will get it but you already have the schedule in mind, just check the balance of the EBT card to know perfectly if the money has already come in or not. If you have it available, all you have to do is use it at any of the participating establishments.