Food stamps are being paid to millions of Americans this month

MILLIONS of eligible low-income individuals and families will begin receiving much-needed food stamps this month.

More than 41.5 million people rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) to put food on their tables.

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Funds provided through an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card are used like a debit card to purchase food at authorized retail grocery stores.

SNAP is the largest federal nutrition assistance program.

Benefits are paid on a specific date each month, depending on your state.

You must register SNAP in status where you live.

Each state has a different application form and process.

We outline when each state deposits SNAP benefits into eligible accounts.

Alabama

Benefits are exercised from the 4th to the 23rd of each month, based on the last two digits of the client’s case number.

Alaska

Benefits are made on the first day of every month.

Arizona

Benefits are made on the first 13 days of the month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Arkansas

Benefits are accrued over eight days, from the 4th to the 13th of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s Social Security number (SSN).

California

Benefits are accrued during the first 10 days of each month, based on the last digit of the customer’s record number.

Colorado

Benefits are offered from the first to the 10th of each month, based on the last digit of the recipient’s SSN.

Cash benefits are provided from the first to the third of each month, based on the last digit of the recipient’s SSN.

Connecticut

Benefits are exercised from the first to the third of every month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Delaware

Benefits are exercised for 22 days, starting on the second Monday of every month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Florida

Benefits are provided from the first through the 28th of each month, based on the ninth and eighth digits of the Florida case number (READ BACKWARDS), omitting the 10th digit.

Cash benefits are made on the first to third of every month.

Georgia

Benefits are made from the 5th to the 23rd of each month, based on the last two digits of the customer’s ID number.

Hawaii

Benefits are exercised on the third and fifth day of each month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Idaho

Benefits are accrued during the first 10 days of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s year of birth.

Illinois

Benefits are provided to households between the 1st and 10th day based on the month previously established by the last digit of the Head of Household’s personal ID number.

Indiana

Benefits are made from the 5th to the 23rd of each month, based on the first letter of the client’s last name.

Iowa

Benefits are made during the first 10 days of each month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Kansas

Benefits are made during the first 10 days of each month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Kentucky

Benefits are accrued during the first 19 days of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s case number.

Louisiana

Benefits are provided from the first through the 23rd of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s Social Security number.

The allowance for the elderly and the disabled is applied from the first to the fourth day of the month.

Maine

Benefits are made from the 10th to the 14th of each month, based on the last digit of the recipient’s date of birth.

Maryland

Benefits are made from the 4th to the 23rd of the month, based on the first three letters of the customer’s last name.

Massachusetts

Benefits are provided for the first 14 days of each month, based on the last digit of the recipient’s SSN.

Michigan

Benefits are made from the 3rd to the 21st of each month, based on the last digit of the recipient’s ID number.

Minnesota

Benefits are exercised from the 4th to the 13th of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s record number.

Mississippi

Benefits are accrued from the 4th to the 21st of each month, based on the last two digits of the client’s case number.

Missouri

Benefits are exercised in the first 22 days of every month, based on the customer’s birth month and last name.

Montana

Benefits are provided over a five-day period beginning on the second Monday of each month, based on the last digit of the SNAP-eligible system case number.

Nebraska

Benefits are made from the first to the fifth of each month, based on the last digit of the head of household’s SSN.

Nevada

Benefits will be accrued during the first 10 days of each month, based on the last digit of the household’s year of birth.

New Hampshire

Benefits are made on the 5th of every month.

New shirt

Benefits are provided during the first five days of the month, based on the seventh digit of the client’s case number.

New Mexico

Benefits are provided more than 20 days per month, based on the last two digits of the Social Security number.

New York

Benefits are typically offered based on the last digit of the client’s record number. For all counties, except the five boroughs of New York City (NYC).

For the NYC cases, benefit posts are spread over 13 different days, not Sundays or holidays, during the first two weeks of each month.

Actual dates change from one month to the next, so NYC publishes a six-month schedule that shows exact stock dates.

North Carolina

Benefits are made from the 3rd to the 21st of every month, based on the last digit of the primary cardholder’s SSN.

North Dakota

Benefits are made on the first day of every month.

Ohio

Benefits are provided to these individuals from the Monday through the 20th of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s SNAP case number.

Oklahoma

Benefits are provided from the first through the 10th of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s SNAP case number.

Oregon

Benefits are provided from the first through the ninth of each month, based on the last digit of the client’s SSN.

If an SSN is not available, such as a parent filing on behalf of their U.S. citizen child, benefits will be provided on the first of the month.

Pennsylvania

Benefits are provided for the first 10 business days of the month, excluding weekends and holidays, based on the last digit of the seven-digit case number.

Rhode Island

Benefits are made on the first day of every month.

South Carolina

Benefits are provided from the first to the 10th of each month based on the last digit of the SNAP case number.

South Dakota

Benefits are exercised on the 10th of every month.

Tennessee

Benefits are provided based on the last two digits of the head of household’s Social Security number.

Texas

Households that are SNAP certified after June 1, 2020, benefits will be available on a comparison basis between the 16th and 28th of the month, based on the last two digits of the eligibility group number. condition.

SNAP-certified households by June 1, 2020, benefits are available for 15 days, starting at the first digit and based on the last digit of the eligibility group number.

Utah

Benefits are exercised on the 5th, 11th or 15th of every month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Vermont

Benefits are exercised on the first day of every month.

Virginia

Benefits are exercised from the first to the 7th of each month, based on the last digits of the client’s record number.

Washington

Benefits are exercised from the first day to the 20th of every month.

Washington DC

Benefits are made from the 1st to the 10th of every month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

West Virginia

Benefits are made on the first nine days of each month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Cash benefits are made on the first day of each month.

Wisconsin

Benefits are provided for the first 15 days of each month, based on the client’s eight-digit SSN.

Wyoming

Benefits are made from the first to the fourth of every month, based on the first letter of the customer’s last name.

Who is eligible?

To qualify for the SNAP benefit program, applicants must live in the state in which they are applying and meet certain bank balance limits.

A household with someone over 60 or a family member with a disability may have a higher bank balance limit.

The total amount of SNAP benefits your household receives each month is called an allocation.

SNAP households are expected to spend about 30% of their own resources on food.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says maximum monthly allocations are based on household size.

For a family of four, for example, the maximum allocation is $835.

We explain when you need recertify to continue receiving SNAP benefits.

More. how An increase in your Social Security COLA may affect your SNAP benefits.