The SNAP benefits Program, popularly known as food stamps, aims to fight the hunger faced by low-income families in the United States and works with a monthly payment schedule, the plan is supervised by the Department of Agriculture of the United States, but operates with its own programs for each of the states, in which electronic bank transfer cards are used to recharge benefits on a monthly basis.
The SNAP benefits EBT card can be used to purchase a wide variety of items, such as vegetables, meats, carbohydrates, fats and fruits, but it also has restrictions, for example, it cannot be used to purchase prepared meals that are hot at the time. of the purchase, nor can it be used to purchase alcohol, tobacco, gasoline, or other household items.
Eligibility is based on various factors such as family income, household members, family age, and how many hours they work, but more information can be found on the United States Department of Agriculture website.
Here Is a List of SNAP Payment Dates for Each State
- Alabama: 4th to 23rd (based on last two digits of case number)
- Arizona: 1st to 13th (based on first letter of last name)
- Arkansas: 4th to 13th (based on last digit of SSN)
- California: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of case number)
- Colorado: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of SSN)
- Connecticut: 1st to 3rd (based on first letter of last name)
- Delaware: 2nd to 24th (based on first letter of last name)
- District of Columbia: 1st to 10th (based on first letter of last name)
- Florida: 1st to 28th (based on 9th and 8th digits of case number, read backwards, dropping the 10th digit)
- Georgia: 5th to 23rd (based on last two digits of ID #)
- Guam: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of SSN)
- Hawaii: 3rd and 5th (based on first letter of last name)
- Idaho: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of birth year number)
- Illinois: 1st to 10th (for new households based on last digit of Head of Household Individual ID number)
- Indiana: 5th to 23rd (based on first letter of last name)
- Iowa: 1st to 10th (based on first letter of last name)
- Kansas: 1st to 10th (based on first letter of last name)
- Kentucky: 1st to 19th (based on last digit of case number)
- Louisiana: 1st to 23rd (based on last digit of SSN)
- Maine: 10th to 14th (based on last digit of birthday)
- Maryland: 4th to 23rd (based on first three letters of last name)
- Massachusetts: 1st to 14th (based on last digit of SSN)
- Michigan: 3rd to 21st (based on last digit of ID #)
- Minnesota: 4th to 13th (based on last digit of case number)
- Mississippi: 4th to 21st (based on last two digits of case number)
- Missouri: 1st to 22nd (based on birth month and last name)
- Montana: 2nd to 6th (based on last digit of CHIMES case number)
- Nebraska: 1st to 5th (based on last digit of head of household’s SSN)
- Nevada: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of household’s birth year number)
- New Hampshire: 5th
- New Jersey: 1st to 5th (based on 7th digit of case number)
- New Mexico: 1st to 20th (based on last two digits of SSN)
- New York: Based on last digit of case number (varies by county)
- North Carolina: 3rd to 21st (based on last digit of primary cardholder’s SSN)
- North Dakota: 1st
- Ohio: 2nd to 20th (based on last digit of SNAP case number)
- Oklahoma: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of SNAP case number)
- Oregon: 1st to 9th (based on last digit of SSN)
- Pennsylvania: 1st to 10th business days (based on last digit of 7-digit case record number)
- Puerto Rico: 4th to 22nd (based on last digit of SSN)
- Rhode Island: 1st
- South Carolina: 1st to 10th (based on last digit of SNAP case number for ongoing households approved before September 1, 2012)
- South Dakota: 10th
- Tennessee: Based on last two digits of head of household’s SSN
- Texas: 16th to 28th (for households certified after June 1, 2020, based on last two digits of EDG number)
- Utah: 5th, 11th, or 15th (based on first letter of last name)
- Vermont: 1st
- Virgin Islands: 1st
- Virginia: 1st to 7th (based on last digits of case number)
- Washington: 1st to 20th
- West Virginia: 1st to 9th (based on first letter of last name)
- Wisconsin: 1st to 15th (based on 8th digit of SSN)
- Wyoming: 1st to 4th (based on first letter of last name)