Unlike other benefits in the United States, the SNAP Food Stamps payment has a particularity in the payment schedule. Each State manages the payments differently, so we must know the calendar of the State in which we live to know at what time of the month we will have the money on the EBT card.
However, the advantage of the SNAP Food Stamps benefit is that when the State sends the money, it appears instantly on the EBT card. That’s why this benefit is so practical, since we don’t have to wait any longer.
But because each state sends the money on different days, citizens who live in a couple of states have to wait until the end of the month to be able to use the money. So SNAP Food Stamps money always arrives, but it depends on where the recipient lives.
SNAP Food Stamps Payments in January 2025
SNAP Food Stamps payments in January 2025 will arrive before the end of the month, but some Americans already have the money. The truth is that the most practical way to know if our State has sent the payment is to look at the full schedule.
Thus, the SNAP Food Stamps money is sent to the different states in the following days:
- Alabama: January 4 to 23
- Alaska: January 1
- Arizona: January 1 to 13January
- Arkansas: January 4 to 13
- California: January 1 to 10
- Colorado: January 1 to 10
- Connecticut: January 1 to 3
- Delaware: January 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: January 1 to 10
- Florida: January 1 to 28
- Georgia: January 5 to 23
- Guam: January 1 to 10
- Hawaii: January 3 to 5
- Idaho: January 1 to 10
- Illinois: January 1 to 10
- Indiana: January 5 to 23
- Iowa: January 1 to 10
- Kansas: January 1 to 10
- Kentucky: January 1 to 19
- Louisiana: January 1 to 23
- Maine: January 10-14
- Maryland: January 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: January 1 to 14
- Michigan: January 3 to 21
- Minnesota: January 4 to 13
- Mississippi: January 4 to 21
- Missouri: January 1 to 22
- Montana: January 2 to 6
- Nebraska: January 1 to 5
- Nevada: January 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: January 5
- New Jersey: January 1 to 5
- New Mexico: January 1 to 20
- New York: January 1 to 9
- North Carolina: January 3 to 21
- North Dakota: January 1
- Ohio: January 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: January 1 to 10
- Oregon: January 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: January 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: January 4 to January 22
- Rhode Island: January 1
- South Carolina: January 1 to 10
- South Dakota: January 10
- Tennessee: January 1 to 20
- Texas: January 1 to 28
- Utah: January 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: January 1
- Vermont: January 1
- Virginia: January 1 to 7
- Washington: January 1 to 20
- West Virginia: January 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: January 1 to 15
- Wyoming: January 1 to 4
If your state has already sent the money it should show up on the EBT card. If not, try waiting a few days and then claim the SNAP Food Stamps, as it should not take much longer for it to be available.