The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is of extremely great significance in the assistance of low-income families and individuals by providing them with money that is spent on healthy food. They are provided with it monthly in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. But, the timing is accurate in various states depending on diverse parameters such as case quantities, Social Security numbers (SSNs), and others unique to the state.
General timing of SNAP benefit deposits
In most states but a few, the SNAP benefits are loaded one time per month. The day or days of the month that benefits are loaded onto the EBT cards depend on the state distribution schedule. Some load benefits one day during the month, and some load benefits over multiple days. The staggering is typically based on such things as the second to last digit of their SSN, the last letter of their last name, or case number.
State-by-State benefit delivery schedules of SNAP
Each state also has specific SNAP benefit delivery schedules. Below is given the description of some of the states’ release schedules:
- Alabama: April 4-23, depending on the last two digits of the case number.
- Alaska: April 1, for all of them.
- Arizona: April 1-13, depending on the first letter of the last name of the recipient.
- Arkansas: April 4-13, according to the last digit of the Social Security number.
- California: April 1-10, according to the last digit of the case number.
- Colorado: April 1-10, according to the last digit of the Social Security number.
- Connecticut: April 1-3, according to the first letter of the last name.
- Delaware: April 2 through 23, by the first letter of the surname.
- Florida: April 1-28, by the 9th and 8th digits of case number.
- Georgia: April 5-23, by the last two digits of the ID number.
- Hawaii: April 3-5, based on the first letter of the last name.
- Idaho: April 1-10, by the last digit of the birth year.
- Illinois: April 1-20, based on a combination of a type of case and case name.
- Indiana: April 5 – 23, by the first letter of the last name.
- Iowa: April 1 – 10, by the first letter of the last name.
- Kansas: April 1 – 10, by the first letter of the last name.
- Kentucky: April 1 – 19, by the last digit of the Social Security number.
- Louisiana: April 1 – 14, by the last digit of the Social Security number.
- Maine: April 10 – 14, depending on the last digit of the birthday.
- Maryland: April 4 – 23, by the first letter of the last name.
- Massachusetts: April 1 – 14, by the last digit of the Social Security number.
- Michigan: April 3 to 21, on the last two digits of the ID number.
- Minnesota: April 4 to 13, by the last digit of the case number.
- Mississippi: April 4-21, according to the last two digits of the case number.
- Missouri: April 1-22, according to the birthday and last name.
- Montana: April 2-6, according to the last digit of the case number.
- Nebraska: April 1-5, according to the last digit of the head of household’s Social Security number.
- Nevada: April 1-10, according to the last digit of the birth year.
- New Hampshire: April 5 for all recipients.
- New Jersey: April 1 to April 5, depending on the 7th digit of the case number.
- New Mexico: April 1 to April 20, based on the last two digits of the Social Security number.
- New York: April 1 to April 9, based on the last digit of the case number; 13 days minus Sunday and holidays are used in New York City to load the benefits.
- North Carolina: April 3-21, based on the last digit of the Social Security number.
- North Dakota: April 1, all individuals.
- Ohio: April 2-20, based on the last digit of the case number.
- Oklahoma: April 1-10, according to the last digit of the case number.
- Oregon: April 1-9, based on the last digit of the Social Security number.
- Pennsylvania: April 1-10, by the last digit of the case record number.
- Rhode Island: April 1, for everyone.
- South Carolina: April 1-19, by the last digit of the case number.
- South Dakota: The 10th of the month.
- Tennessee: From the 1st to the 20th of the month, based on the last two digits of your Social Security number.
- Texas: During the first 15 days of the month, based on the last digit of your Eligibility Determination Group, or EDG, number.
- Utah: On the 5th, 11th or 15th of the month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Vermont: The first day of the month.
- Virginia: From the 1st to the 9th of the month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Washington: Staggered throughout the month according to the date you applied and the application approval date.
- Washington, D.C.: From the 1st to the 10th of the month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- West Virginia: During the first nine days of the month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Wisconsin: During the first 15 days of the month, based on the eighth digit of your Social Security number.
- Wyoming: From the 1st to the 4th of the month, based on the first letter of your last name.
