The Department of Agriculture will be applying the 2025 cost of living increase to payments that will be sent this October. Here we will tell you more details of dates and amounts. The United States helps citizens in various ways, economically speaking, among them is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food coupons. Through this, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) sends payments to qualified beneficiaries.
The main objective of this program is to provide benefits to low-income families who have some difficulties in bringing food to their homes. Financial aid is sent every month to a EBT card, which can be used to purchase food in selected supermarkets, shops, and markets on wheels. Although SNAP It is a federal program, the distribution of funds is administered at the state level, so the amounts, requirements, and distribution dates may be different from one state to another.
SNAP Amounts for This Month of October
The amounts are variable from one state to another. However, the USDA employs a table of the maximum amounts who can receive beneficiaries in their deposits monthly, this varies depending on the number of people in a family. For the month of August, the agency made an announcement about new maximum allowances, deductions, and income standards. Eligibility of income, this after the Adjustment of the Cost of Life (COLA) from 2025.
The Maximum Amount That Came Into Effect in SNAP From October 1, 2024, Are the Following
- 1 member: $292
- 2 members: $536
- 3 members: $768
- 4 members: $975
- 5 members: $1,158
- 6 members: $1,390
- 7 members: $1,536
- 8 members: $1,756
- Additional member: +$220
The amounts referred to will be in effect until September 30, 2025. After this, the USDA will make the announcement about adjustment by cost of life for the following year correspondingly, which will increase payments from October 2025 to September 2026.
SNAP Payment Dates in Each State in the Month of October
Program administration SNAP is at the state level, the sending of the paid It is different depending on the region you live in. Here we detail the deposit dates in each state for the month of October 2024.
- Alabama: from October 4 to 23
- Alaska: October 1
- Arizona: from October 1 to 13
- Arkansas: from October 4 to 13
- California: from October 1 to 10
- Colorado: from October 1 to 10
- Connecticut: from October 1 to 3
- Delaware: from October 2 to 23
- D.C: from October 1 to 10
- Florida: from October 1 to 28
- Georgia: from October 5 to 23
- Hawaii: from October 3 to 5
- Idaho: from October 1 to 10
- Illinois: from October 1 to 10
- Indiana: from October 5 to 23
- Iowa: from October 1 to 10
- Kansas: from October 1 to 10
- Kentucky: from October 1 to 19
- Louisiana: from October 1 to 23
- Maine: from October 10 to 14
- Maryland: from October 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: from October 1 to 14
- Michigan: from October 3 to 21
- Minnesota: from October 4 to 13
- Mississippi: from October 4 to 21
- Measurements: from October 1 to 22
- Montana: from October 2 to 6
- Nebraska: from October 1 to 5
- Nevada: from October 1 to 10
- New Jersey: from October 1 to 5
- New York: from October 1 to 9
- N.H: October 5
- New Mexico: from October 1 to 20
- North Carolina: from October 3 to 21
- North Dakota: October 1
- Ohio: from October 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: from October 1 to 10
- Oregon: from October 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: from October 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: October 1
- South Carolina: from October 1 to 10
- South Dakota: October 10
- Tennessee: from October 1 to 20
- Texas: from October 1 to 28
- Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: October 1
- Virginia: from October 1 to 7
- Virginia Occidental: from October 1 to 9
- Washington: from October 1 to 20
- Wisconsin: from October 1 to 15
- Wyoming: from October 1 to 4