Those Americans who have an accepted SNAP Food Stamps benefit could get payment from the United States USDA very soon. It all depends on this benefit’s own payment schedule, which is a little different from the schedule of other benefits that the United States Government sends out.
SNAP Food Stamps checks reach Americans on different days depending on the State they live in. So a Wyoming citizen will never be able to get the benefit on the same day as a California citizen. Still, there are some States where the timing of the payments do match. But it should also be noted that within the calendar there may be multiple payment days. And a citizen can get check on any of those days.
Therefore, the best way to know when we will get each new monthly SNAP Food Stamps payment is to write down in the personal calendar which days each State sends the check. This is the only way to have direct and unequivocal access to an organization that will help us to have the best possible financial stability.
SNAP Food Stamps payment calendar for January
SNAP Food Stamps payments depend on the State, as we already know, but also keep in mind that each State handles payments differently. That is, some States send all payments on the first business day of the month. Other States send this benefit payments on three different days to different groups depending on the beneficiary’s last name.
So, even if we write down in the calendar on which day we will send each of these payments, we must keep in mind that this does not imply that we will get it immediately. In order to know the exact days we must check the information with each of the States directly.
These will be the mailing days in each of the States in January:
- Alabama: January 4-23
- Alaska: January 1
- Arizona: January 1-13
- Arkansas: January 4-13
- California: January 1-10
- Colorado: January 1-10
- Connecticut: January 1-3
- Delaware: January 2-23
- The District of Columbia: January 1-10
- Florida: January 1-28
- Georgia: January 5-23
- Guam: January 1-10
- Hawaii: January 3 and January 5
- Idaho: January 1-10
- Illinois: January 1-10
- Indiana: January 5-23
- Iowa: January 1-10
- Kansas: January 1-10
- Kentucky: January 1-19
- Louisiana: January 1-23
- Maine: January 10-14
- Maryland: January 4-23
- Massachusetts: January 1-14
- Michigan: January 3-21
- Minnesota: January 4-13
- Mississippi: January 4-21
- Missouri: January 1-22
- Montana: January 2-6
- Nebraska: January 1-5
- Nevada: January 1-10
- New Hampshire: January 5
- New Jersey: January 1-5
- New Mexico: January 1-20
- New York: January 1-9
- North Carolina: January 3-21
- North Dakota: January 1
- Ohio: January 2-20
- 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
- Tennessee: January 1-20
- Texas: January 1-28
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: January 1
- Utah: January 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: January 1
- Virginia: January 1-7
- Washington: January 1-20
- West Virginia: January 1-9
- Wisconsin: January 1-15
- Wyoming: January 1-4
With this information in mind we will be able to organize our monthly economy in the best possible way. The payment of these benefits arrives almost immediately to the EBT card once the money is sent. For that reason the most reliable way to know if we have the money available is to check the balance of the EBT card and thus know how much money we have available.
We can get one of these SNAP Food Stamps benefit payments by January 28, so check your State’s plans for sending this benefit. This is the only way to gain full control of the money we have available.