In October, the USDA will add a COLA to the SNAP Food Stamps payments so that recipients can get a little extra money. However, it is true that the COLA for this benefit does not seem to be very large. Be that as it may, we should be able to get a new SNAP Food Stamp check in October without any problems.
Just a glance at the calendar will give us all the information we need to know when our state will be paying SNAP Food Stamps. The checks for these benefits arrive on different days depending on the State, so it is not like Social Security where the day of collection is influenced by the year of retirement or birthday.
SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule in October
Pay close attention to the payment schedule, as some states send out checks earlier and some later, but that’s not the only thing to keep in mind when waiting for a SNAP Food Stamps check. In addition, we must know what is the internal calendar of our calendar. This means that depending on the state we could have the money available on the 1st of October or much later depending on the internal rules.
Thus, the schedule for SNAP Food Stamps payments in October is as follows:
- Alabama: October 4 to 23
- Alaska: October 1
- Arizona: October 1 to 13
- Arkansas: October 4 to 13
- California: October 1 to 10
- Colorado: October 1 to 10
- Connecticut: October 1 to 3
- Delaware: October 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: October 1 to 10
- Florida: October 1 to 28
- Georgia: October 5 to 23
- Guam: October 1 to 10
- Hawaii: October 3 to 5
- Idaho: October 1 to 10
- Illinois: October 1 to 10
- Indiana: October 5 to 23
- Iowa: October 1 to 10
- Kansas: October 1 to 10
- Kentucky: October 1 to 19
- Louisiana: October 1 to 23
- Maine: October 10-14
- Maryland: October 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: October 1 to 14
- Michigan: October 3 to 21
- Minnesota: October 4 to 13
- Mississippi: October 4 to 21
- Missouri: October 1 to 22
- Montana: October 2 to 6
- Nebraska: October 1 to 5
- Nevada: October 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: October 5
- New Jersey: October 1 to 5
- New Mexico: October 1 to 20
- New York: October 1 to 9
- North Carolina: October 3 to 21
- North Dakota: October 1
- Ohio: October 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: October 1 to 10
- Oregon: October 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: October 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: October 4 to October 22
- Rhode Island: October 1
- South Carolina: October 1 to 10
- South Dakota: October 10
- Tennessee: October 1 to 20
- Texas: October 1 to 28
- Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: October 1
- Vermont: October 1
- Virginia: October 1 to 7
- Washington: October 1 to 20
- West Virginia: October 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: October 1 to 15
- Wyoming: October 1 to 4
In order to determine if we have the payment of this benefit already available or not, we only have to look at the status of our EBT card. On this card we will get our SNAP Food Stamps benefit every month to go to any participating establishment and enjoy the money.
