SNAP Food Stamps benefits are critical to millions of beneficiaries in the United States. This type of monthly check helps United States citizens to buy fresh food for a better diet. That’s why it’s so important, because it makes it more affordable to have a more varied, healthy and plentiful food basket.
And SNAP Food Stamps payments are different from other benefit payments. If we compare with Social Security Retirement or Social Security Disability, for example, we can see that the delivery days are totally different. While the Disability payment is on a federal schedule, the SNAP Food Stamps payment is state based.
When does the May SNAP Food Stamps arrive?
As we were saying, the SNAP Food Stamps payment is state-based, so each state has its own calendar. So if you are expecting to get the new check for the month of May you should check your state’s specific calendar.
To get a clearer picture, here are the SNAP Food Stamps payment days for the month of May:
- Alabama: May 4 to 23
- Alaska: May 1
- Arizona: May 1 to 13
- Arkansas: May 4 to 13
- California: May 1 to 10
- Colorado: May 1 to 10
- Connecticut: May 1 to 3
- Delaware: May 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: May 1 to 10
- Florida: May 1 to 28
- Georgia: May 5 to 23
- Guam: May 1 to 10
- Hawaii: May 3 to 5
- Idaho: May 1 to 10
- Illinois: May 1 to 10
- Indiana: May 5 to 23
- Iowa: May 1 to 10
- Kansas: May 1 to 10
- Kentucky: May 1 to 19
- Louisiana: May 1 to 23
- Maine: May 10-14
- Maryland: May 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: May 1 to 14
- Michigan: May 3 to 21
- Minnesota: May 4 to 13
- Mississippi: May 4 to 21
- Missouri: May 1 to 22
- Montana: May 2 to 6
- Nebraska: May 1 to 5
- Nevada: May 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: May 5
- New Jersey: May 1 to 5
- New Mexico: May 1 to 20
- New York: May 1 to 9
- North Carolina: May 3 to 21
- North Dakota: May 1
- Ohio: May 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: May 1 to 10
- Oregon: May 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: May 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: May 4 to May 22
- Rhode Island: May 1
- South Carolina: May 1 to 10
- South Dakota: May 10
- Tennessee: May 1 to 20
- Texas: May 1 to 28
- Utah: May 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: May 1
- Vermont: May 1
- Virginia: May 1 to 7
- Washington: May 1 to 20
- West Virginia: May 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: May 1 to 15
- Wyoming: May 1 to 4
In addition to knowing the general payment schedule, we must also know the rules for payments on a state-by-state basis. Some states send SNAP Food Stamps checks on the first day of the month, while others send a little later depending on the beneficiary’s last name.