When do SNAP benefits reload?
The extra support for low-income families has a different schedule for each state, but we have the list of all of them here.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, was given a boost last year as millions of families across the United States saw an increase in their benefits. This increase is expected to be between $12 and $15 per person. SNAP covers funds towards food for low-income families.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which manages the program, has more than 9.3 million households and over 21 million people who received SNAP benefits in August 2021, 1 in 7 if all families.
Below is a list of every state and territory that receives the benefits. Click the link to see the exact date, if the state has a sending plan based upon something like date of birth, or case number.
Food stamp reload dates by state
- Alabama - between the 4th and 23rd of the month, depending on your case number.
- Alaska - first day of every month.
- Arizona - between the 1st and the 13th of each month, depending on the first letter of your last name.
- Arkansas - between the 4th and the 13th of every month, based on the last digit of your Social Security Number (SSN).
- California - first 10 days of each month, depending on the last digit of your case number.
- Colorado - between the 1st to the 10th of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- Connecticut - from the 1st to the 3rd of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Delaware - sent over 23 days, beginning with the 2nd day of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Florida - from the 1st to the 28th of every month, based on the 9th and 8th digits of your case number, ignoring the 10th digit.
- Georgia - from the 5th to the 23rd of every month, based on the last two digits of your ID number.
- Guam - first day of every month.
- Hawaii - sent on the 3rd and the 5th of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Idaho - sent out over the first 10 days of every month, based on the last number of your birth year.
- Illinois - sent on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 17th, and 20th of every month, based on a combination of the type of case and the case name.
- Indiana - sent from the 5th to the 23rd of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Iowa - over the first 10 calendar days of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Kansas - sends out benefits over the first 10 calendar days of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Kentucky - sends out benefits over the first 19 calendar days of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Louisiana - sends out benefits between the 1st and the 14th of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- Maine - from the 10th to the 14th each month, based on the last digit of your birthday.
- Maryland - sent from the 4th to the 23rd of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Massachusetts - over the first 14 days of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- Michigan - from the 3rd to the 21st of every month, based on the last two digits of your ID number.
- Minnesota - from the 4th to the 13th of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Mississippi - from the 4th to the 21st of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Missouri - over the first 22 days of every month, based on your birth month and last name.
- Montana - between the 2nd to the 6th of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Nebraska - from the 1st to the 5th of every month, based on the last digit of your head of household’s SSN.
- Nevada - first 10 days of every month, based on the last number of your birth year.
- New Hampshire - the fifth day of every month.
- New Jersey - over the first 5 calendar days of the month, based on the 7th digit of your case number.
- New Mexico - over the first 20 days every month, based on the last two digits of your SSN.
- New York - over the first 9 days of every month, based on the last digit of your case number. In NYC, benefits dare sent over 13 days that are not Sundays or holidays.
- North Carolina - from the 3rd to the 21st of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- North Dakota - first day of every month.
- Ohio - from the 2nd to the 20th of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Oklahoma - from the 1st to the 10th of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Oregon - from the 1st to the 9th of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- Pennsylvania - over the first 10 business days of the month, based on the last digit of your case record number.
- Puerto Rico - between the 4th and the 22nd of every month, based on the last digit of your SSN.
- Rhode Island - the first day of every month.
- South Carolina - the state has a more complicated rollout for payments, listed here.
- South Dakota - the tenth day of every month.
- Tennessee - from the 1st to the 20th of every month, based on the last two digits of your SSN.
- Texas - over 15 days from the first, based on the last digit of your Eligibility Determination Group (EDG) number.
- Utah - on the 5th, 11th, or 15th of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Vermont - the first day of every month.
- Virginia - from the 1st to the 9th of every month, based on the last digit of your case number.
- Washington - the state has a more complicated rollout for payments, listed here.
- Washington DC - from the 1st to the 10th of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- West Virginia - over the first nine days of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
- Wisconsin - over the first 15 days of every month, based on the eighth digit of your SSN.
- Wyoming - from the 1st to the 4th of every month, based on the first letter of your last name.
How much is offered?
For families of four people living in the 48 contiguous US states, including the District of Columbia, the maximum allocation for the year will be $835.
For families of four people living in Alaska, the maximum is between $1,074 and $1,667 in Alaska, while people in Hawaii can receive a maximum of $1,573.
In two US dependencies, families in Guam can receive a maximum of $1,231, while those in the US Virgin Islands can receive up to $1,074, the same as the minimum in Alaska.