SNAP Food Stamps recipients in the United States get the payment once a month. This benefit, designed to buy food and thus help Americans eat better, arrives on different days depending on the State in which the beneficiary lives.
And with this information in mind we must also keep in mind that some States pay the check earlier. This means that at a certain time of the month there are no new payments in some States but others do pay SNAP Food Stamps to eligible Americans.
Undoubtedly, controlling the SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule offers a very big advantage to beneficiaries, since it helps to be able to control the budget for the month. In the event that our state has already sent all the checks for this benefit, we may need to claim the payment as soon as possible.
States that are no longer sending SNAP Food Stamps payments
Within the month of May, the states listed below will no longer be sending SNAP Food Stamps payments. This means that living in one of those states means having the money already available on the EBT card. If we don’t have it, we must claim the payment from the United States Government.
These states will no longer send new checks for this benefit:
- 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
- District of Columbia: May 1 to 10
- Guam: May 1 to 10
- Hawaii: May 3 to 5
- Idaho: May 1 to 10
- Illinois: May 1 to 10
- Iowa: May 1 to 10
- Kansas: May 1 to 10
- Kentucky: May 1 to 19
- Maine: May 10-14
- Massachusetts: May 1 to 14
- Minnesota: May 4 to 13
- 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 York: May 1 to 9
- North Dakota: May 1
- Oklahoma: May 1 to 10
- Oregon: May 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: May 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: May 1
- South Carolina: May 1 to 10
- South Dakota: May 10
- Utah: May 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: May 1
- Vermont: May 1
- Virginia: May 1 to 7
- West Virginia: May 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: May 1 to 15
- Wyoming: May 1 to 4
States that are not on this list may send checks in the next few days. So, if you live in one of the states on the list don’t expect to get the payment on the EBT card. But if you live in a State that is not on the list you should check your EBT card balance as soon as possible because we will have the SNAP Food Stamps money available soon.