Those Americans who have not yet received a SNAP food stamp check for the month of January may be getting one very soon. It all depends on which state in the United States you live in. Payments for this benefit arrive on different days depending on where you live. In this sense, Americans who live in one state may have cashed the check while Americans in another state may not have the money yet.
While it is true that this method is really useful to get a more organized SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule, it can sometimes seem unfair. While some Americans have already been able to use the money from this benefit, others are still waiting for the money to arrive on their EBT card. Therefore, we need to know the payment schedule very well to know if we are in one group or the other.
Just one look at the payment schedule gives us instant access to this information. Fortunately, the SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule is public, so having this information is as easy as looking at the days our state will be able to make payments. Some states have already sent out all of their checks as of today, so your money could be on its way.
How do I know if my state has sent out SNAP food stamp benefits?
The best way to find out if the state we live in has sent out SNAP food stamp checks is to check the payment schedule directly. If our state’s payment schedule has already ended, it is possible that our check is already on its way or already available.
The payment schedule looks like this:
- 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
You should check to see if your state’s calendar has already ended. If so, check your EBT card balance, as it could be that the money has reached your pocket and you haven’t noticed. SNAP Food Stamps payments can arrive on any day of the states calendar month.
But keep in mind that payments can be late for a variety of reasons. If it is late, we will still receive the payment, but on a different day. Always keep this in mind to organize your household finances, and we can count on SNAP Food Stamps, but we need to know exactly when we can expect the payment each new month.