In January 2024, every state in the United States sends out SNAP food stamp payments to its recipients. These checks arrive in the mail on different days, depending on which state the recipient lives in. This means that each state has a different payment schedule, unlike Social Security or Supplemental Security Income, which follow a federal schedule.
For example, some states have already sent out all the checks for this benefit, and other states have not yet sent out any payments. Therefore, it is possible that we may find that one citizen has the money available and another has not yet collected anything related to this benefit. At the end of the day, SNAP food stamps are to buy food, so it is a useful payment and we should monitor the day it arrives.
And there is a situation where since some states have already finished the schedule for SNAP Food Stamps payments, those same states will not be paying new SNAP Food Stamps checks until February. Therefore, if you have just received your SNAP acceptance, you will have to wait until next month in these particular states.
January 2024 SNAP Food Stamps Payments
Just by looking at the SNAP Food Stamps payment schedule, we can see perfectly what days we will have the money available. If our state’s SNAP payment schedule has already ended and we have not received a check, we should apply for the payment as soon as possible. If we don’t, we run the risk of not getting the payment this month.
These are the states and their payment schedules for the entire month of January 2024:
- 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 these calendars in mind, we will be able to organize what day of the month we will have access to SNAP food stamps and therefore be able to go and spend our benefit at participating establishments. Remember that the maximum payment for this benefit is $281 per month, but that does not mean that all citizens will receive this check.
It is also good to remember that citizens with a SNAP can also apply for other benefits such as Social Security or Supplemental Security Income. So we could get multiple checks throughout the month if we have a benefit accepted on each of them.