The most striking difference between SNAP Food Stamps benefits and other United States benefits is undoubtedly the payment schedule. The day on which a citizen gets this benefit depends directly on the place of residence. Thus, some Americans living in Colorado already have their SNAP payment available while others are still waiting to get it.
For that reason, the best thing to do is to always keep this payment schedule in mind. Thanks to knowing the exact day on which we have the SNAP Food Stamps money available, we will be able to go shopping for food at any of the participating establishments. Therefore, it is very useful to know all this information, in addition to having this monthly benefit accepted.
States making SNAP Food Stamps payments soon
Some states have already sent out all SNAP Food Stamps payments, as we have already discussed. But many others still have the SNAP Food Stamp payment schedule open. However, it is important to keep in mind that even if some States have open calendars, they may have already sent out all of the checks for the month.
In order to know if we have the money available we should check the balance on the EBT card. But to get a clearer picture, let’s look at the full August schedule for SNAP Food Stamps payments:
- Alabama: August 4 to 23
- Alaska: August 1
- Arizona: August 1 to 13
- Arkansas: August 4 to 13
- California: August 1 to 10
- Colorado: August 1 to 10
- Connecticut: August 1 to 3
- Delaware: August 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: August 1 to 10
- Florida: August 1 to 28
- Georgia: August 5 to 23
- Guam: August 1 to 10
- Hawaii: August 3 to 5
- Idaho: August 1 to 10
- Illinois: August 1 to 10
- Indiana: August 5 to 23
- Iowa: August 1 to 10
- Kansas: August 1 to 10
- Kentucky: August 1 to 19
- Louisiana: August 1 to 23
- Maine: August 10-14
- Maryland: August 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: August 1 to 14
- Michigan: August 3 to 21
- Minnesota: August 4 to 13
- Mississippi: August 4 to 21
- Missouri: August 1 to 22
- Montana: August 2 to 6
- Nebraska: August 1 to 5
- Nevada: August 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: August 5
- New Jersey: August 1 to 5
- New Mexico: August 1 to 20
- New York: August 1 to 9
- North Carolina: August 3 to 21
- North Dakota: August 1
- Ohio: August 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: August 1 to 10
- Oregon: August 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: August 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: August 4 to August 22
- Rhode Island: August 1
- South Carolina: August 1 to 10
- South Dakota: August 10
- Tennessee: August 1 to 20
- Texas: August 1 to 28
- Utah: August 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: August 1
- Vermont: August 1
- Virginia: August 1 to 7
- Washington: August 1 to 20
- West Virginia: August 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: August 1 to 15
- Wyoming: August 1 to 4
Once we have the money available we can use it at any of the participating establishments to buy food or anything else that falls within the SNAP Food Stamps rules. Remember that the checks for this benefit have requirements and that we cannot spend this money on any kind of purchase.