One of the peculiarities of SNAP Food Stamps payments is that each State has a different schedule for this benefit. This makes the organization state rather than federal. This is a big difference from other types of benefits such as Social Security, for example, which follows a federal schedule and all states pay the retirement check on the same day.
For this reason, knowing the SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule for the state we live in is really important. Once we know when our state sends this benefit we can know when the money will be available on our EBT card. And as soon as we get the money on our EBT card, we just have to go to a participating store and buy what we need.
Some states send checks very early in the month. Other states take longer to send the SNAP Food Stamps to the beneficiaries. Therefore, each state is totally different in terms of the timing of these payments. Pay close attention to this payment schedule so you can see when you will have the money available.
States that send SNAP Food Stamps before the end of the week
To see the entire schedule more clearly, let’s look at the complete SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule for the month of May. As you can see, each state has a different schedule and some may send the payment earlier and some may send it later.
In May, these checks may arrive on these days in these states:
- 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
Still, some States may send payment these days, but they may also send SNAP Food Stamps a little later. Within the States’ payment organization, it is also true that there may be an extra organization that pays recipients based on their last name.