In order to keep on top of all the bills in a United States household, it is important to know the dates of dispatch for each benefit we receive. And if we have an accepted SNAP Food Stamps payment, we will always be able to find out the approximate date of dispatch in advance. These payments could arrive even before than the next Disability check.
While it is true that the state in which we live determines when we will get our SNAP Food Stamps payment, it is also true that thanks to the payment schedule we can calculate the day on which we will have the money in our EBT card.
Even so, there are some states that start sending SNAP Food Stamps checks at the beginning of the month and close the calendar at the end of the month, but for those cases we have the option of checking the balance of the EBT card. Only in this way will we be 100% sure that the money is already available.
SNAP Food Stamps payments in March 2025
In addition to taking into account this payment schedule for the different states in March 2025, we must also bear in mind at all times that each state may have its own internal rules. Thus, some states pay all SNAP Food Stamps checks on the same day, the 1st of the month, while other states pay the checks in alphabetical order of the beneficiaries’ surnames.
In any case, we should pay attention to the following payment schedule for SNAP Food Stamps:
- Alabama: March 4 to 23
- Alaska: March 1
- Arizona: March 1 to 13
- Arkansas: March 4 to 13
- California: March 1 to 10
- Colorado: March 1 to 10
- Connecticut: March 1 to 3
- Delaware: March 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: March 1 to 10
- Florida: March 1 to 28
- Georgia: March 5 to 23
- Guam: March 1 to 10
- Hawaii: March 3 to 5
- Idaho: March 1 to 10
- Illinois: March 1 to 10
- Indiana: March 5 to 23
- Iowa: March 1 to 10
- Kansas: March 1 to 10
- Kentucky: March 1 to 19
- Louisiana: March 1 to 23
- Maine: March 10-14
- Maryland: March 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: March 1 to 14
- Michigan: March 3 to 21
- Minnesota: March 4 to 13
- Mississippi: March 4 to 21
- Missouri: March 1 to 22
- Montana: March 2 to 6
- Nebraska: March 1 to 5
- Nevada: March 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: March 5
- New Jersey: March 1 to 5
- New Mexico: March 1 to 20
- New York: March 1 to 9
- North Carolina: March 3 to 21
- North Dakota: March 1
- Ohio: March 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: March 1 to 10
- Oregon: March 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: March 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: March 4 to March 22
- Rhode Island: March 1
- South Carolina: March 1 to 10
- South Dakota: March 10
- Tennessee: March 1 to 20
- Texas: March 1 to 28
- Utah: March 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: March 1
- Vermont: March 1
- Virginia: March 1 to 7
- Washington: March 1 to 20
- West Virginia: March 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: March 1 to 15
- Wyoming: March 1 to 4
In order to determine if we already have the money available, the best option is to check the balance of the EBT card. As soon as our state sends the money, the benefit should appear available on the card. And then we could use the money in any of the participating establishments.