SNAP payments can help millions of Americans buy healthy and nutritious food. This USDA program, which is administered by the Food and Nutrition Service is a great way to fight food insecurity. Food Stamps can be used in any authorized grocery store, retailer, or farmer’s market. In general, you cannot buy hot meals ready to eat.
Once you qualify for SNAP benefit payments, your State will issue a monthly payment. In order to spend this money, you must use your EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) card in an authorized farmer’s market or grocery store. The purchases could be either online or in person. In some places, EBT may have a different name. For example, the Lone Star card in Texas.
Which SNAP payments will be sent after April 4, 2025?
It will depend on the State where you live and whether you can get the payment in early or late April. For example, some SNAP recipients in Florida and Texas will need to wait until April 28 to get their monthly payment in April 2025.
- Alabama: April 4 through 23
- Arizona: April 1 through 13
- Arkansas: April 4 through 13
- California: April 1 through 10
- Colorado: April 1 through 10
- Delaware: April 2 through 23
- Florida: April 1 through 28
- Georgia: April 5 through 23
- Hawaii: April 5
- Idaho: April 1 through 10
- Illinois: April 1 through 10
- Indiana: April 5 through 23
- Iowa: April 1 through 10
- Kansas: April 1 through 10
- Kentucky: April 1 through 19
- Louisiana: April 1 through 23
- Maine: April 10 through 14
- Maryland: April 4 through 23
- Massachusetts: April 1 through 14
- Michigan: April 3 through 21
- Minnesota: April 4 through 13
- Mississippi: April 4 through 21
- Missouri: April 1 through 22
- Montana: April 6
- Nebraska: April 1 through 5
- Nevada: April 1 through 10
- New Hampshire: April 5
- New Jersey: April 1 through 5
- New Mexico: April 1 through 20
- New York: April 1 through 9
- North Carolina: April 3 through 21
- Ohio: April 2 through 20
- Oklahoma: April 1 through 10
- Oregon: April 1 through 9
- Pennsylvania: Over the first ten working days in April 2025
- South Carolina: April 1 through 10
- South Dakota: April 10
- Tennessee: April 1 through 20
- Texas: April 1 through 28
- Utah: April 5, 11 and 15
- Virginia: April 1 through 7
- Washingthroughn: April 1 through 20
- West Virginia: April 1 through 9
- Wisconsin: April 1 through 15
- Wyoming: April 1 through 4
- Guam: April 1 through 10
- Puerthrough Rico: April 4 through 22
- The District of Columbia: April 1 through 10
In order to know the specific date on which USDA will send you your SNAP benefits, you must check its official website. There you will see the way payments are based and the eligibility criteria for each payday.
SNAP payments through April 10 only
Some States and territories will have on April 10 their last payday. For example, Guam and the District of Columbia will issue monthly SNAP payments through April 10, 2025.
Guam will deliver the largest Food Stamp payments after Hawaii does so on April 5. The maximum SNAP payment for 1 in Guam is $431 and $517 in Hawaii. For more details visit: https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/monthly-issuance-schedule
California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada, Oklahoma, and South Carolina will send Food Stamps through the 10th. For example, California uses the case number. If it ends in 3 or 4, you get your April payment on the 3rd or the 4th respectively. So, if it ends in 0, you will receive it on the 10th.