One of the great peculiarities of the SNAP Food Stamps benefit in the United States is the payment schedule. This benefit does not follow a federal calendar, but a state calendar. This means that the beneficiaries of this benefit get checks earlier or later, depending on the state in which they live.
Therefore, we must know when our state will send the SNAP Food Stamps check so that we can use the money for what we need. Still, what we must keep in mind is that we will get the payment for sure no matter what state we live in. What we should always keep in mind is that not all recipients get the payment on the same day.
However, it is also a good idea to keep in mind that even within States there are different classifications. This means that even if a State starts the SNAP Food Stamps calendar on March 1st not all recipients will collect on March 1st. Some may get a check a few days later.
Which states send SNAP Food Stamps payments on March 1st?
Below is the complete SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule for March. Within that calendar we are going to be able to immediately find out which states send out check on March 1st.
As you can see below, there are cases where payment is sent all on the 1st, such as Alaska, and other states where they have more days to send the check. So we have to know our calendar well to be able to organize our economy.
- Alabama: March 4 to 23
- Alaska: March 1
- Arizona: March 1 to 13
- Arkansas: March 4 to 13
- California: March 1 to 10
- Colorado: March 1 to 10
- Connecticut: March 1 to 3
- Delaware: March 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: March 1 to 10
- Florida: March 1 to 28
- Georgia: March 5 to 23
- Guam: March 1 to 10
- Hawaii: March 3 to 5
- Idaho: March 1 to 10
- Illinois: March 1 to 10
- Indiana: March 5 to 23
- Iowa: March 1 to 10
- Kansas: March 1 to 10
- Kentucky: March 1 to 19
- Louisiana: March 1 to 23
- Maine: March 10 to 14
- Maryland: March 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: March 1 to 14
- Michigan: March 3 to 21
- Minnesota: March 4 to 13
- Mississippi: March 4 to 21
- Missouri: March 1 to 22
- Montana: March 2 to 6
- Nebraska: March 1 to 5
- Nevada: March 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: March 5
- New Jersey: March 1 to 5
- New Mexico: March 1 to 20
- New York: March 1 to 9
- North Carolina: March 3 to 21
- North Dakota: March 1
- Ohio: March 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: March 1 to 10
- Oregon: March 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: March 1 to 10
- Puerto Rico: March 4 to March 22
- Rhode Island: March 1
- South Carolina: March 1 to 10
- South Dakota: March 10
- Tennessee: March 1 to 20
- Texas: March 1 to 28
- Utah: March 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: March 1
- Vermont: March 1
- Virginia: March 1 to 7
- Washington: March 1 to 20
- West Virginia: March 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: March 1 to 15
- Wyoming: March 1 to 4
To find out if we already have SNAP Food Stamps money available, we can check the balance of our EBT card. Once the money is available, we can spend it at participating establishments.