Before the end of the week, thousands of United States citizens may receive their new SNAP Food Stamps check. This benefit has a somewhat special and different schedule from the rest of the usual benefits. The payment of the check to buy fresh food changes from day to day depending on the State in which we live.
SNAP Food Stamps recipients can get their money before the end of the week as long as they live in certain states. Each state sends payments on different days, so knowing the payment schedule for each state is key if we want to get organized to get the money as soon as possible.
The most usual in these cases is that the money arrives when each State sends it to the EBT card, which is where the SNAP Food Stamps checks arrive. So just checking the payment schedule of our state and the balance of our EBT card will be enough to know if the money is already available and we can use it to buy what we need and can.
Which states send SNAP Food Stamps before the end of the week?
Although there are some States that directly send the money in the first days of the month, the truth is that some other States have the SNAP Food Stamps calendar a little longer. So if you live in a state that starts payments on the 1st but ends later, you may get the money now or you may have to wait a little longer.
To get a clearer picture, here are the states that might send the money before the end of the week:
- Alaska: February 1
- Arizona: February 1 to 13
- California: February 1 to 10
- Colorado: February 1 to 10
- Connecticut: February 1 to 3
- Delaware: February 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: February 1 to 10
- Florida: February 1 to 28
- Guam: February 1 to 10
- Idaho: February 1 to 10
- Illinois: February 1 to 10
- Iowa: February 1 to 10
- Kansas: February 1 to 10
- Kentucky: February 1 to 19
- Louisiana: February 1 to 23
- Massachusetts: February 1 to 14
- Missouri: February 1 to 22
- Montana: February 2 to 6
- Nebraska: February 1 to 5
- Nevada: February 1 to 10
- New Jersey: February 1 to 5
- New Mexico: February 1 to 20
- New York: February 1 to 9
- North Dakota: February 1
- Oklahoma: February 1 to 10
- Oregon: February 1 to 9
- Rhode Island: February 1
- South Carolina: February 1 to 10
- Tennessee: February 1 to 20
- Texas: February 1 to 28
- Virgin Islands: February 1
- Vermont: February 1
- Virginia: February 1 to 7
- Washington: February 1 to 20
- West Virginia: February 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: February 1 to 15
- Wyoming: February 1 to 4
As you can see from the list, most states are able to send SNAP Food Stamps within the first few days of the month. Even so, check your EBT card balance well before you go shopping, as it could be that the money is delayed for some outside reason.
Can I get Social Security benefits this week?
The truth is that the Social Security Administration will send out two checks in the first week of February. These checks are fully compatible with SNAP Food Stamps, so we can get up to three different payments in the first few days of the month.
The Supplemental Security Income payment, in the amount of $943 maximum, is sent on the 1st of February. Moreover, thousands of United States citizens are already enjoying this payment. Those who do not have the money yet should be getting it very soon.
Finally, the other SNAP-compatible payment is the retirement payment for pre-1997 beneficiaries. This group gets check today, February 2nd, if they activate Direct Deposit.