2024-03-17 16:08:24
Another round of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments will be issued to recipients in April—but not everyone will be paid on the same date.
SNAP benefits are paid to low- and no-income households across the U.S. to help them buy groceries. Commonly referred to as food stamps, amounts are paid monthly to beneficiaries.
Loaded on to electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, SNAP claimants can spend their money at a variety of participating stores
However, when you get your money depends on the state or territory in which you live. While the funds are provided by the federal government, every state sets its own rule surrounding payment dates, meaning not everyone gets paid on the same day, even within the same state.
Composite image of a calendar, a shop that accepts EBT cards and dollar bills. Each state sets its own date for issuing monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments.
Composite image of a calendar, a shop that accepts EBT cards and dollar bills. Each state sets its own date for issuing monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments.
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Connecticut pays SNAP recipients at the beginning of the month according to the first letter of your last name. Those with a last name starting with A through to F are paid on the first of the month, those with a last name beginning G to N on the second, and O to Z on the third.
In Alabama, the date you are paid depends on your case number. Those who have a case number that ends in 01 will get their benefits earlier in the month than those who have a case number ending in 99, for example.
Some states, particularly those with smaller populations like Alaska and Rhode Island, administer all SNAP payments on the same day.
SNAP Payment Dates for April
- Alabama: April 4 to 23
- Alaska: April 1
- Arizona: April 1 to 13
- Arkansas: April 4 to 13
- California: April 1 to 10
- Colorado: April 1 to 10
- Connecticut: April 1 to 3
- Delaware: April 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: April 1 to 10
- Florida: April 1 to 28
- Georgia: April 5 to 23
- Guam: April 1 to 10
- Hawaii: April 3 to 5
- Idaho: April 1 to 10
- Illinois: April 1 to 10
- Indiana: April 5 to 23
- Iowa: April 1 to 10
- Kansas: April 1 to 10
- Kentucky: April 1 to 19
- Louisiana: April 1 to 23
- Maine: April 10-14
- Maryland: April 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: April 1 to 14
- Michigan: April 3 to 21
- Minnesota: April 4 to 13
- Mississippi: April 4 to 21
- Missouri: April 1 to 22
- Montana: April 2 to 6
- Nebraska: April 1-5
- Nevada: April 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: April 5
- New Jersey: April 1 to 5
- New Mexico: April 1 to 20
- New York: April 1 to 9
- North Carolina: April 3 to 21
- North Dakota: April 1
- Ohio: April 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: April 1 to 10
- Oregon: April 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: April 3 to 14
- Puerto Rico: April 4 to April 22
- Rhode Island: April 1
- South Carolina: April 1 to 10
- South Dakota: April 10
- Tennessee: April 1 to 20
- Texas: April 1 to 28
- Utah: April 5, 11 and 15
- Virgin Islands: April 1
- Vermont: April 1
- Virginia: April 1 to 7
- Washington: April 1 to 20
- West Virginia: April 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: April 1 to 15
- Wyoming: April 1 to 4
Earlier this year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned more than 40 U.S. states and territories about the timely administration and delivery of SNAP services to recipients as many are failing to meet federal requirements. The only states that did not receive a letter from Vilsack were Alabama, Idaho, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Vermont.
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