The new SNAP Food Stamps payments for SNAP recipients in the United States are very close for some groups. Many of the U.S. states will be sending one of the new payments to beneficiaries as the SNAP payment schedule continues to operate.
As usual in these cases, each state sends the SNAP Food Stamps payment on different days. Unlike Social Security checks, Food Stamp payments are handled directly by the state. Retirement and Supplemental Security Income checks are federally managed, but Food Stamps are not.
That is why this week, even though it is Sunday, a beneficiary in a particular state could enjoy a new SNAP Food Stamp payment. This would mean that the money would appear on the EBT card and, therefore, he or she could use the money to buy food at participating establishments.
WHICH STATES ARE SENDING OUT SNAP FOOD STAMPS THIS WEEK?
Before day 3, many states send the payment to the recipients of this benefit. Still, it is true that many of those states may send out a check, but that does not mean that all recipients will get it.
While it is true that some states directly send all the SNAP payments at once, some others send the benefit checks in a staggered manner. Therefore, we need to take a good look at the payment schedule to determine whether or not we might have the check available.
- Alaska: December 1
- Arizona: December 1 to 13
- California: December 1 to 10
- Colorado: December 1 to 10
- Connecticut: December 1 to 3
- Delaware: December 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: December 1 to 10
- Florida: December 1 to 28
- Hawaii: December 3 to 5
- Idaho: December 1 to 10
- Illinois: December 1 to 10 and older cases December 1 to 20
- Iowa: December 1 to 10
- Kansas: December 1 to 10
- Kentucky: December 1 to 19
- Louisiana: December 1 to 23
- Massachusetts: December 1 to 14
- Michigan: December 3 to 21
- Missouri: December 1 to 22
- Montana: December 2 to 6
- Nebraska: December 1 to 5
- Nevada: December 1 to 10
- New Jersey: December 1 to 5
- New Mexico: December 1 to 20
- New York: December 1 to 9
- North Carolina: December 3 to 21
- North Dakota: December 1
- Ohio: December 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: December 1 to 10
- Oregon: December 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: December 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: December 1
- South Carolina: December 1 to 10
- South Dakota: December 10
- Tennessee: December 1 to 20
- Texas: December 1 to 28
- Vermont: December 1
- Virginia: December 1 to 7
- Washington: December 1 to 20
- West Virginia: December 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: December 1 to 15
- Wyoming: December 1 to 4
States that do not appear on this list do not start sending payment until after the 3rd of December, so it would be impossible to get a check today. In order to know if we have the money available we must look at our EBT card balance.
As soon as we get the money we can use it for whatever we need. Remember that in addition to payments for food in some stores, it is also possible to eat at SNAP Food Stamp restaurants in some states.