April moves along, and with it comes the steady trickle of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) deposits onto the EBT cards of millions of households. While the payment schedules are old news for anyone who’s been in the program for a while, the same worry pops up every month: “Did my benefits hit yet, or am I still waiting?”
Today, the nationwide distribution map slides into its second half—a critical stretch for the states that drag their SNAP benefits calendars right up to the edge of the month’s end.
Every State Has Its Own SNAP Calendar
Folks who count on this help to stock the pantry know there’s no single SNAP benefits payday for the whole country. Every state runs its own operation, and more often than not, your exact deposit date boils down to the first letter of your last name or the final digits of your case number.
What’s certain is that as of today, plenty of states are still pushing funds through the system, and there are several business days of transfers left before May peeks around the corner.
States That Will Keep Depositing After April 16
The list of places with active EBT movement from now until the month wraps up is longer than most people think. Florida and Texas lead the pack when it comes to playing the long game: both schedule payments from the 1st straight through to the 28th of April, meaning transfers keep flowing all through the second half of the month.
Louisiana and Missouri are also in it for the long haul, with windows that run from the 1st to the 23rd and the 1st to the 22nd, respectively.
Other states with ongoing deposits, though they wrap up a bit earlier, include:
- Florida: Active deposits through April 28.
- Texas: Active deposits through April 28.
- Louisiana: Active deposits through April 23.
- Missouri: Active deposits through April 22.
- North Carolina: Active deposits through April 21.
- Michigan: Active deposits through April 21.
- Mississippi: Active deposits through April 21.
- Illinois: Active deposits through April 20.
- New Mexico: Active deposits through April 20.
- Washington: Active deposits through April 20.
- Tennessee: Active deposits through April 20.
- Ohio: Active deposits through April 20.
States That Have Wrapped Up SNAP Payments
Not everyone follows the same beat. A good number of states prefer to get payments out of the way early in the month and have already closed the books on April. If you live in one of these spots, the money should already be showing up on your card.
- Alaska: Paid on April 1.
- North Dakota: Paid on April 1.
- Rhode Island: Paid on April 1.
- Vermont: Paid on April 1.
- Virgin Islands: Paid on April 1.
- Connecticut: Paid between April 1 and 3.
- Wyoming: Paid between April 1 and 4.
- New Jersey: Paid between April 1 and 5.
- Nebraska: Paid between April 1 and 5.
- Montana: Paid between April 2 and 6.
- Virginia: Paid between April 1 and 7.
- New York: Paid between April 1 and 9.
- Oregon: Paid between April 1 and 9.
- California: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Colorado: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Idaho: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Iowa: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Kansas: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Nevada: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Oklahoma: Paid between April 1 and 10.
- Pennsylvania: Paid between April 3 and 14 (cycle complete).
- Massachusetts: Paid through April 14.
- Maine: Paid between April 10 and 14.
- Utah: Paid on April 5, 11, and 15.
The Maximum SNAP Benefits in 2026
And for those who like to do the math before heading to the grocery store, it’s worth remembering that the monthly SNAP maximums haven’t budged since last year’s cost-of-living adjustment.
A single person living alone can get up to $292 a month. A two-person household sees that number climb to $536. For a family of three, the cap sits at $768, and if you’ve got four people under one roof, the benefit can reach $975.
From there on out, the chart adds roughly $220 for each extra person. It’s not a fortune, but at least it gives you a hard number to work with—a way to draw a line in the budget and know exactly what you’ve got to fill the pantry during these final days of April.
