Being able to know the exact day we will get our monthly SNAP Food Stamps payment is a great advantage. This payment for United States citizens is very important because it makes grocery shopping more financially efficient. At the end of the day, knowing that we have a little extra budget is always good news.
Those Americans who are able to have monthly SNAP Food Stamps should know that the schedule is different depending on the State in which we live. Thus, the rules for getting payment earlier or later are different than Social Security checks or another benefit such as Supplemental Security Income.
In short, depending on the State in which we live, we may get SNAP Food Stamps on one day or another. This is important, since some States pay the benefit on the 1st of the month and others take until the end of the month to pay all the checks for this benefit.
Full SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule for May 2024
Truth be told, each state has its own SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule, but there are other internal rules to consider as well. Some states pay all the checks for this benefit on the same day and others pay the benefit on different days depending on the beneficiary’s last name.
Either way, check the May 2024 SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule to organize your monthly finances:
- 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
Just by checking the balance of the EBT card we can find out if we already have the SNAP Food Stamps money available. As soon as the money appears in the balance of our card we can make purchases at any of the participating establishments.