Each month in Texas, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits) beneficiary households receive their benefits on a staggered basis depending on the date they were certified and their Eligibility Determination Group number (EDG). The payment dates are designed to ensure that all households receive benefits when due, without delays or setbacks.
There are two groups of SNAP benefits processing dates in the state of Texas: those that were certified before June 1, 2020, and those that were certified after that date. Depending on the EDG number, those in the first group receive their payments between the 1st and 15th of each month, while the others, certified after the aforementioned date, receive their deposits between the 16th and 28th of each month.
For SNAP Homes Certified Before June 1, 2020 in Texas
Benefits are distributed in the first 15 days of the month, based on the last digit of the Eligibility Determination number (EDG):
- EDG ends in 0: benefits available on the 1st of the month
- EDG ends in 1: benefits available on the 3rd of the month
- EDG ends in 2: benefits available on the 5th of the month
- EDG ends in 3: benefits available on the 6th of the month
- EDG ends in 4: benefits available on the 7th of the month
- EDG ends in 5: benefits available on the 9th of the month
- EDG ends in 6: benefits available on the 11th of the month
- EDG ends at 7: benefits available on the 12th of the month
- EDG ends at 8: benefits available on the 13th of the month
- EDG ends in 9: benefits available on the 15th of the month
For SNAP Homes Certified After June 1, 2020 in Texas
Benefits are distributed between the 16th and 28th of the month, based on the last two digits of the EDG number:
- EDG ends 00-03: benefits available on the 16th of the month
- EDG ends 04-06: benefits available on the 17th of the month
- EDG ends 07-10: benefits available on the 18th of the month
- EDG ends 11-13: benefits available on the 19th of the month
- EDG ends 14-17: benefits available on the 20th of the month
- EDG ends in 18-20: benefits available on the 21st of the month
- EDG ends 21-24: benefits available on the 22nd of the month
- EDG ends on 25-27: benefits available on the 23rd of the month
- EDG ends 28-31: benefits available on the 24th of the month
- EDG ends in 32-34: benefits available on the 25th of the month
- EDG ends at 35-38: benefits available on the 26th of the month
- EDG ends at 39-41: benefits available on the 27th of the month
- EDG ends at 42-45: benefits available on the 28th of the month
- EDG ends at 46-49: benefits available on the 27th of the month
- EDG ends at 50-53: benefits available on the 28th of the month
- EDG ends at 54-57: benefits available on the 16th of the month
- EDG ends at 58-60: benefits available on the 17th of the month
- EDG ends at 61-64: benefits available on the 18th of the month
- EDG ends at 65-67: benefits available on the 19th of the month
- EDG ends at 68-71: benefits available on the 20th of the month
- EDG ends at 72-74: benefits available on the 21st of the month
- EDG ends at 75-78: benefits available on the 22nd of the month
- EDG ends at 79-81: benefits available on the 23rd of the month
- EDG ends at 82-85: benefits available on the 24th of the month
- EDG ends at 86-88: benefits available on the 25th of the month
- EDG ends at 89-92: benefits available on the 26th of the month
- EDG ends at 93-95: benefits available on the 27th of the month
- EDG ends at 96-99: benefits available on the 28th of the month
Last Month of SNAP Payments Before COLA 2025 Increase
As we have said on other occasions, benefit payments are subject to the increased cost of living adjustment (COLA), a calculation made by federal agencies based on the consumer price index (CPI-W) for the last year. The idea is that both SNAP allocations and Social Security benefits maintain their purchasing power in the face of increased prices of products and services.
Until September 30, 2024, these are the maximum amounts to be paid for each beneficiary household, according to the size in number of people:
Here are the maximum allotments for SNAP in the 48 contiguous states and D.C. (Oct. 2023 to Sep. 2024), according to the USDA website:
- Household size 1: $291
- Household size 2: $535
- Household size 3: $766
- Household size 4: $973
- Household size 5: $1,155
- Household size 6: $1,386
- Household size 7: $1,532
- Household size 8: $1,751
- Each additional person: $219
