Payment schedule for SNAP Benefits in October 2024 in each state: dates, amounts...
The Department of Agriculture will apply the 2025 cost-of-living increase to payments that will be issued this October. Here are the dates and amounts.
The United States offers various forms of economic aid, among them the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as SNAP. Through this, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) issues payments to qualified beneficiaries.
The program aims to benefit low-income families who struggle with putting food on their tables. The financial assistance is issued monthly to an EBT debit card, which can be used to acquire food in selected supermarkets, shops and markets on wheels.
Although SNAP is a federal program, the distribution of funds is administered at the state level, so the amounts, requirements and distribution dates may vary from state to state.
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SNAP amounts for October 2024
Amounts may vary from state to state. However, the USDA has a table of the maximum payments one can receive, depending on the number of household members. In August, the agency announced the new maximum allotments, deductions, and income eligibility standards after the 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) was applied.
The maximum amount of SNAP coupons starting October 1, 2024 are as follows:
- 1 member: $292
- 2 members: $536
- 3 members: $768
- 4 members: $975
- 5 members: $1,158
- 6 members: $1,390
- 7 members: $1,536
- 8 members: $1,756
- Additional member: +$220
The above amounts will remain in force until September 30, 2025. After that, the USDA will announce the cost-of-living adjustment, which will increase payments from October 2025 to September 2026.
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SNAP payment dates by state in October 2024
Since the administration of the program occurs at the state level, the issuance of payments differs depending on the region in which you reside. Here are the deposit dates by state for October 2024:
- Alabama: October 4 to 23
- Alaska: October 1
- Arizona: October 1 to 13
- Arkansas: October 4 to 13
- California: October 1 to 10
- Colorado: October 1 to 10
- Connecticut: October 1 to 3
- Delaware: October 2 to 23
- District of Columbia: October 1 to 10
- Florida: October 1 to 28
- Georgia: October 5 to 23
- Hawaii: October 3 to 5
- Idaho: October 1 to 10
- Illinois: October 1 to 10
- Indiana: October 5 to 23
- Iowa: October 1 to 10
- Kansas: October 1 to 10
- Kentucky: October 1 to 19
- Louisiana: October 1 to 23
- Maine: October 10-14
- Maryland: October 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: October 1 to 14
- Michigan: October 3 to 21
- Minnesota: October 4 to 13
- Mississippi: October 4 to 21
- Missouri: October 1 to 22
- Montana: October 2 to 6
- Nebraska: October 1 to 5
- Nevada: October 1 to 10
- New Jersey: October 1 to 5
- New York: October 1 to 9
- New Hampshire: October 5
- New Mexico: October 1 to 20
- North Carolina: October 3 to 21
- North Dakota: October 1
- Ohio: October 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: October 1 to 10
- Oregon: October 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: October 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: October 1
- South Carolina: October 1 to 10
- South Dakota: October 10
- Tennessee: October 1 to 20
- Texas: October 1 to 28
- Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: October 1
- Virginia: October 1 to 7
- West Virginia: October 1 to 9
- Washington: October 1 to 20
- Wisconsin: October 1 to 15
- Wyoming: October 1 to 4