We have reached the middle of the year, and so far, the payment schedules of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits) have been paid correctly and on time, without any setbacks. These are federal funds, part of the budget of the United States Department of State (USDA) that are distributed to each of the participating states and territories.
It is certainly more efficient for states to administer SNAP benefits locally, since they are the ones who know the realities and needs of their populations the most, and thus the program fulfills its main objective: to prevent hunger among Americans.
Since each state has the authority to distribute and manage SNAP benefits according to their own needs, they also organize their calendars as they understand is more practical. Some states pay amounts based on the claimant’s case number.
For example, there are states that pay according to the beneficiary’s case number. For example, if the last digit of the case number is a 1, benefits are paid on the first day of the month.
Others work by date of birth: Benefits are paid on the first day of the month to beneficiaries who were born in that month. The benefits are also based on the last digit of the birth month, in some cases, however, states with smaller populations pay their benefits in a few days at the beginning of the month, or on the first day of each month.
SNAP benefits Payment dates in June 2024
- Alabama: June 4th – 23rd
- Alaska: June 1
- Arizona: June 1st -13th
- Arkansas: June 4th -13th
- California: From June 1st to 10th
- Colorado: From June 1st to 10th
- Connecticut: June 1st -3rd
- Delaware: From June 2nd to 23rd
- District of Columbia: June 1st -10th
- Florida: From June 1st to 28th
- Georgia: from 5 to 23 June
- Guam: From June 1st to 10th
- Hawaii: June 3rd -5th
- Idaho: June 1st -10th
- Illinois: June 1st -20th
- Indiana: June 5th – 23rd
- Iowa: June 1-10
- Kansas: June 1st -10th
- Kentucky: June 1-19
- Louisiana: June 1st – 23rd
- Maine: June 10th -14th
- Maryland: June 4th – 23rd
- Massachusetts: June 1st -14th
- Michigan: June 3rd -21st
- Minnesota: June 4th -13th
- Mississippi: June 4th -21st
- Missouri: June 1st – 22nd
- Montana: From the 2nd to the 6th of June
- Nebraska: June 1st -5th
- Nevada: From June 1st to 10th
- New Hampshire: June 5
- New Jersey: June 1st -5th
- New Mexico: June 1st -20th
- New York: from 1 to 9 June
- North Carolina: June 3rd – 21st
- North Dakota: June 1
- Ohio: June 2-20
- Oklahoma: From June 1st to 10th
- Oregon: June 1st-9th
- Pennsylvania: June 3rd -14th
- Puerto Rico: June 4th to June 22nd
- Rhode Island: June 1
- South Carolina: June 1st -19th
- South Dakota: June 10
- Tennessee: June 1-20
- Texas: June 1st – 28th
- Utah: June 5th, 11th and 15th
- Virgin Islands: June 1
- Vermont: June 1
- Virginia: June 1st -7th
- Washington: From June 1 to 20
- West Virginia: June 1st -9th
- Wisconsin: June 1st -15th
- Wyoming: June 1st -4th
SNAP Benefits to Expand Eligibility With New Bill
A bill currently being discussed in Washington could eliminate the ban on people with drug-related crime convictions receiving SNAP benefits. People who have been incarcerated could also be allowed to apply within 30 days of their release from prison.
In that same bill there is also a risk that funds will be cut to the federal SNAP program, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. During the debt ceiling negotiations last summer, Democrats agreed to raise the working age limit for the SNAP benefits to 55. There will be few limited exceptions for the homeless and veterans, as mentioned in the bill.
Republicans Ask for Cuts on SNAP Benefits
Now, Republican lawmakers are proposing additional cuts to the SNAP program, known as food stamps, which provides food assistance to low- or no-income Americans across the country.
The 2018 Farm Bill, originally scheduled to expire in 2023 but extended last year, will be renewed in September. This week, Republican Rep. Glenn Thompson released a five-page summary recommending the elimination of five-year assessments and proposing $30 billion in cuts, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP).