Millions of beneficiaries in the great state of Texas receive their SNAP benefits each month on one of the 28 payment days that Texas Health and Human Services (HHS), however, there are two ways in which beneficiary groups are assigned to one day in the month.
People whose applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP benefits) were approved before June 1, 2020, receive payments based on the last digit of their EGT (eligibility determination group), and have their deposits sent to their Lone Star Card (the name the card EBT received in Texas) between the 1st and 15th of the month, as follows:
- EDG ending in 0: July 1
- EDG ending in 1: July 3
- EDG ending in 2: July 5
- EDG ending in 3: July 6
- EDG ending in 4: July 7
- EDG ending in 5: July 9
- EDG ending in 6: July 11
- EDG ending in 7: July 12
- EDG ending in 8: July 13
- EDG ending in 9: July 15
SNAP Dates in Texas for Those Approved After June 1, 2020
This is the second group of food stamp beneficiaries, which are grouped using the last two numbers of the SNAP EDG, as follows:
- EDG ending in 00-03: July 16
- EDG ending in 04-06: July 17th
- EDG ending in 07-10: July 18
- EDG ending in 11-13: July 19
- EDG ending in 14-17: July 20
- EDG ending in 18-20: July 21
- EDG ending in 21-24: July 22
- EDG ending in 25-27: July 23
- EDG ending in 28-31: July 24
- EDG ending in 32-34: July 25
- EDG ending in 35-38: July 26
- EDG ending in 39-41: July 27
- EDG ending in 42-45: July 28
- EDG ending in 46-49: July 27
- EDG ending in 50-53: July 28
- EDG ending in 54-57: July 16
- EDG ending in 58-60: July 17
- EDG ending in 61-64: July 18
- EDG ending in 65-67: July 19
- EDG ending in 68-71: July 20
- EDG ending in 72-74: July 21
- EDG ending in 75-78: July 22
- EDG ending in 79-81: July 23
- EDG ending in 82-85: July 24
- EDG ending in 86-88: July 25
- EDG ending in 89-92: July 26
- EDG ending in 93-95: July 27
- EDG ending in 96-99: July 28
Maximum SNAP Benefits You Can Receive in Texas
The SNAP benefits program in the state of Texas follows federal values, meaning the maximum that a household can receive is governed by the parameters of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):
(Household size and maximum monthly allotment)
- 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 household member: $219
- Minimum allotment to be approved: $23
SNAP Dates in Every State and Territory
- Alabama: July 4-23
- Alaska: July 1
- Arizona: July 1st -13th
- Arkansas: July 4-13
- California: From July 1st to 10th
- Colorado: July 1st -10th
- Connecticut: July 1-3
- Delaware: From July 2nd to 23rd
- District of Columbia: July 1st -10th
- Florida: From July 1st to 28th
- Georgia: from 5 to 23 July
- Guam: From July 1st to 10th
- Hawaii: July 3rd -5th
- Idaho: July 1st -10th
- Illinois: July 1st – 20th
- Indiana: July 5th – 23rd
- Iowa: July 1-10
- Kansas: July 1st-10th
- Kentucky: July 1-19
- Louisiana: July 1st – 23rd
- Maine: July 10th-14th
- Maryland: July 4-23
- Massachusetts: July 1st -14th
- Michigan: July 3rd – 21st
- Minnesota: July 4-13
- Mississippi: July 4th – 21st
- Missouri: July 1st – 22nd
- Montana: July 2nd-6th
- Nebraska: July 1st -5th
- Nevada: July 1st to 10th
- New Hampshire: July 5
- New Jersey: July 1st -5th
- New Mexico: July 1st – 20th
- New York: from 1 to 9 July
- North Carolina: July 3rd – 21st
- North Dakota: July 1
- Ohio: July 2nd -20th
- Oklahoma: July 1st -10th
- Oregon: July 1st -9th
- Pennsylvania: July 3rd -14th
- Puerto Rico: July 4th to July 22nd
- Rhode Island: July 1
- South Carolina: July 1st – 19th
- South Dakota: July 10
- Tennessee: July 1-20
- Texas: July 1st – 28th
- Utah: July 5th, 11th and 15th
- Virgin Islands: July 1
- Vermont: July 1
- Virginia: July 1st -7th
- Washington: From 1 to 20 July
- West Virginia: July 1st -9th
- Wisconsin: July 1st -15th
- Wyoming: From the 1st to the 4th of July