Each of the States in the United States sends SNAP Food Stamps payments on different days. This means that depending on where you live in the country, you may get your SNAP payment earlier or later. Taking this into account, the organization of families can change a lot depending on the state in which they live.
However, what we can say with certainty is that in each of these states the SNAP Food Stamps payment reaches the needy families who apply for it without fail. If you have applied for food stamps and are waiting to receive them, you may have to wait until next month to get them. Those who have not yet been paid may get it late, but others who have just had their payment accepted will have to wait until next month.
The good thing about this is that we can know fairly accurately the days on which each state sends SNAP Food Stamps. And with the official schedule of these payments, it is much easier to get an idea of when the money will be available. Even so, sometimes the payment can be delayed for different reasons, but the payments usually arrive on the days marked on the calendar.
Which states have already sent all SNAP Food Stamps payments?
There are some states that have already sent out all SNAP Food Stamps checks. This means that in those states we will no longer be able to get the payment, unless the check is delayed a few days. So if we live in one of those states we should keep an eye out to see when the February schedule for these payments comes out, as we will not get a new payment until then.
These are the states in which SNAP Food Stamps has already finalized its calendar:
- Alaska: January 1
- Arizona: January 1-13
- Arkansas: January 4-13
- California: January 1-10
- Colorado: January 1-10
- Connecticut: January 1-3
- The District of Columbia: January 1-10
- Guam: January 1-10
- Hawaii: January 3 and January 5
- Idaho: January 1-10
- Illinois: January 1-10
- Iowa: January 1-10
- Kansas: January 1-10
- Kentucky: January 1-19
- Maine: January 10-14
- Massachusetts: January 1-14
- Minnesota: January 4-13
- Montana: January 2-6
- Nebraska: January 1-5
- Nevada: January 1-10
- New Hampshire: January 5
- New Jersey: January 1-5
- New York: January 1-9
- North Dakota: January 1
- 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
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: January 1
- Utah: January 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: January 1
- Virginia: January 1-7
- West Virginia: January 1-9
- Wisconsin: January 1-15
- Wyoming: January 1-4
States that do not appear on this list have not yet paid all SNAP Food Stamps payments. But if your state is on this list, it means that you should have SNAP money available today. If you don’t, you may have to claim the money from the appropriate organization.
It is usual for the money to arrive without delay, but there may be a situation where the payment does not arrive on time. If this is the case, claim as soon as possible so that you can get the money on your EBT card and use it in participating establishments.