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SNAP payments will be made to beneficiaries across the U.S. in August, but not every recipient will get their monthly benefit on the same date.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, provides monthly financial assistance to low-income households across all 50 states, Washington D.C., and U.S. territories. These funds are delivered via electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which can be used at participating stores.
Although SNAP benefits are federally funded, each state is responsible for managing and distributing the benefits, so not all recipients receive their payments on the same day each month.
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In some states, the distribution date depends on the recipient's case number. For instance, in California, a recipient with a case number ending in 01 will receive their benefits earlier in the month than someone with a case number ending in 99.
Other states, such as Connecticut and Delaware, allocate benefits based on the first letter of the recipient's last name. Meanwhile, states like Alaska and South Dakota disburse all SNAP payments on a single day.
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SNAP benefits will be paid on or between the following dates in each state and territory:
- 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 20
- 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 to 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 19
- 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
Additional SNAP payments will be made to households with qualifying children in certain states this summer. The SUN Bucks scheme gives families and extra $120 over the summer to help with additional grocery costs while schools are not in session.
In Texas, those who have lost food due to the recent Hurricane Beryl are also now eligible to claim replacement benefits, with the deadline for applications being extended into August.
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