What is the exact time SNAP food stamps are deposited in Florida?

Month after month, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) remits benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.

SNAP is a federal program that, in coordination with state governments, provides benefits to low-income families to purchase food. The money is deposited into an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card, which works like a debit card to purchase food at authorized establishments.

This program is administered by each state, so the name of the benefits, as well as the date and time of sending payments, may change. Here are the details of SNAP benefits in Florida.

What is the exact time SNAP food stamps are deposited in Florida?

Florida SNAP benefits are sent between the 1st and 28th of each month, based on the 9th and 8th digits of your Florida case number.

The formula Florida uses for distributing SNAP benefits takes the ninth digit followed by the eighth digit of a person’s case number to create a two-digit number, which corresponds to the day someone receives its benefits. If a recipient’s ninth digit is 9 and their eighth digit is 8, then the number in this formula would be 98, corresponding to the 28th day of the month.

You can find your case number on your benefits approval letter, which is sent by the Department of Children and Families (DCF) when one benefit claim has been approved.

Payments are deposited once a day, before 6:00 a.m., so on the day your payment is sent, your money will be available early.

How much money is sent each month?

The amounts sent depend on household size, as well as other income factors and other requirements. In Florida, the average payment for a member is $180 per month.

As of October 1, these are the maximum amounts awarded in Florida, depending on the number of members in the family: