If you are pending when that support will drop to fill your home pantry and bring more nutritious food to your family, here I bring you the latest information on SNAP payments in Florida for February 2025.
In the State of Florida, DCF (the Department of Children and Families) handles Food Stamps, the popular name as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was previously known. And be careful, it’s not “everyone gets paid on the same day.” Here the matter depends on a magic number: your case number. But you have to read them in a particular way, which I will tell you below.
How do I know what my SNAP benefit payment date is in Florida?
Take the 8th and 9th digits of your case number (yes, counting from the end), ignore the tenth, and voilà! Those two numbers tell you when the money arrives, following the payment schedule established by Florida’s DCF. For example, if your digits 9 and 8 are “35-38”, your day is February 11. If they are “54-57”, the 16th falls, and so on, according to the table below:
- 35-38: February 11
- 39-41: February 12
- 42-45: February 13
- 46-48: February 14
- 49-53: February 15
- 54-57: February 16
- 58-60: February 17
Groups whose number is above 61 will receive their payments on later dates: remember that Florida distributes benefits until the 28th of each month.
If you receive cash assistance from the SUNCAP program (food assistance for those receiving SSI), benefits will be available the first 3 days of the month based on your case number:
- 00-33: 1 of each month
- 34-66: 2 of the month
- 67-99: 3 of the month
Maximum SNAP benefit amounts in Florida in 2025
Florida may pay SNAP benefit amounts based on program regulations established at the federal level by the US Department of Agriculture.
Household size and maximum monthly benefit, for the Fiscal Year 2025:
- 1-person household: $292
- 2 people household: $536
- 3 people household: $768
- 4 people household: $975
- 5 people household: $1,158
- 6 people household: $1,390
- 7 people household: $1,536
- 8 people household: $1,756
- Each additional person household: $220
What you CAN buy (and what you CAN’T) with your EBT card
SNAP benefits are loaded each month onto Electronic Benefits Cards (EBT), which work just like a debit or credit card for purchases at USDA-licensed stores and supermarkets.
There are things you can buy and things you can’t:
YES you can buy: Proteins (chicken, eggs, legumes), cereals, fruits, vegetables, dairy products and derivatives, Basically, everything nutritious and unprepared that you can get in a supermarket, in a greengrocer or even at certain farmers’ fairs in all states.
You CANNOT buy: Hot food from the store (yes, even a roast chicken), alcohol, cigarettes, shampoo, gasoline, or that cleaning kit you saw on sale. If you ignore these warnings, your payments may be suspended.