When are SNAP benefits paid in the U.S. in August 2026? Complete payment schedule

A program that has around 40 million beneficiaries across the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) seeks to help low-income American families to purchase groceries.

SNAP beneficiaries receive monthly payments on an electronic benefits transfer (EBT) card, which can be used to buy food at authorized stores and markets. While SNAP is a federally-funded scheme, the distribution of benefits is administered by state governments.

When are SNAP benefits paid out?

Each state has its own schedule for disbursing SNAP benefits, using different criteria to organize payments:

Single distribution: Less populous states are typically given priority for SNAP benefits on EBT cards.

Last name: Last names are organized alphabetically to determine the exact payment date.

Case number: Each beneficiary is assigned a case number. Typically the last digit or last two digits are used to determine which day a payment is disbursed.

This is the SNAP payment schedule for August 2026:

• Alabama: August 4-23
• Alaska: August 1
• Arizona: August 1-13
• Arkansas: August 4-13
• California: August 1-10
• Colorado: August 1-10
• Connecticut: August 1-13
• Delaware: August 2-23
• D.C: August 1-10
• Florida: August 1-28
• Georgia: August 5-23
• Guam: August 1-10
• Hawaii: August 3-5
• Idaho: August 1-10
• Illinois: August 1-20
• Indiana: August 5-23
• Iowa: August 1-10
• Kansas: August 1-10
• Kentucky: August 1-19
• Louisiana: August 1-23
• Maine: August 10-14
• Maryland: August 4-23
• Massachusetts: August 1-14
• Michigan: August 3-21
• Minnesota: August 4-13
• Mississippi: August 4-21
• Missouri: August 1-22
• Montana: August 2-6
• Nebraska: August 1-5
• Nevada: August 1-10
• New Hampshire: August 5
• New Jersey: August 1-5
• New Mexico: August 1-20
• New York: August 1-9
• North Carolina: August 3-21
• North Dakota: August 1
• Ohio: August 2-20
• Oklahoma: August 1-10
• Oregon: August 1-9
• Pennsylvania: August 3-14
• Puerto Rico: August 4-22
• Rhode Island: August 1
• South Carolina: August 1-19
• South Dakota: August 10
• Tennessee: August 1-20
• Texas: August 1-28
• Utah: August 5, 11 and 15
• Virgin Islands: August 1
• Vermont: August 1
• Virginia: August 1-7
• Washington: August 1-20
• West Virginia: August 1-9
• Wisconsin: August 1-15
• Wyoming: August 1-4

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