Unlike Social Security benefits, SNAP Food Stamps checks arrive on different days depending on where you live in the United States. Each state has its own SNAP payment schedule.
If you are expecting to receive a check related to SNAP Food Stamps on your EBT card, you will be able to get the money during the month of October. However, you should check your State’s payment days carefully so that you don’t make any mistakes in organizing your household finances.
This benefit is proving to be very useful in recent years, and it helps many Americans to buy fresh food and eat better. Therefore, if you have the possibility to apply for this check, it is a good idea to do so.
In the case you already have the benefit accepted, you should know that in just a few days the first payments will arrive to Americans in some States. So check the SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule carefully and you will be able to make your financial plans for the whole month.
SNAP FOOD STAMPS PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER
Remember that each State has its own payment days. Each benefit is also different, as each citizen has different needs. So take a good look at the list of states to find out the day you will get your SNAP Food Stamps on your EBT card.
These are the states and the dates in October when they will send the payments:
- Alabama: Oct. 4-23
- Alaska: October 1
- Arizona: October 1 – October 13
- Arkansas: October 4 to 13
- California: October 1-10
- North Carolina: October 3 to 21
- South Carolina: October 1 to 10
- Colorado: October 1 to 10
- Connecticut: October 1-3
- North Dakota: October 1
- South Dakota: October 10
- Delaware: October 2 – 23
- District of Columbia: October 1 – October 10
- Florida: October 1 – 28
- Georgia: October 5-23
- Hawaii: October 3 to 5
- Idaho: October 1 to 10
- Illinois: October 1 to 10
- Indiana: October 5 to 23
- Iowa: October 1-10
- Kansas: October 1-10
- Kentucky: October 1 to 19
- Louisiana: October 1 to 23
- Maine: October 10 – 14
- Maryland: October 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: October 1 to 14
- Michigan: October 3 to 21
- Minnesota: October 4 to 13
- Mississippi: October 4 – 21
- Missouri: October 1 to 22
- Montana: October 2 to 6
- Nebraska: October 1 to 5
- Nevada: October 1 to 10
- New Jersey: October 1 to 5
- New York: October 1 to 9
- New Hampshire: October 5
- New Mexico: October 1 to 20
- Ohio: October 2 – 20
- Oklahoma: October 1 to 10
- Oregon: October 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: October 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: October 1
- Tennessee: October 1 to 20
- Texas: October 1 to 28
- Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: October 1
- Virginia: October 1-7
- West Virginia: October 1 to 9
- Washington: October 1 to 20
- Wisconsin: October 1 to 15
- Wyoming: October 1 to 4
As you can see, in some states the payment may have already been sent, so check your EBT card balance to see if you already have SNAP Food Stamps money available.