For sure, the 2025 COLA raise for retirees will be sent in 2025, by the Social Security Administration. But people who get SNAP are already getting the 2025 COLA because the USDA started sending checks with the increase in October 2024.
This way, people who get SNAP don’t have to wait until next year to get extra money. The bad news is that the COLA for Food Stamps is not nearly as high as the COLA for SSA, which was 2.5%. For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it was only about 0.34%.
SNAP payments left in Florida in October 2024 with COLA
It is up to each state to handle Food Stamp applications and payments. With that in mind, the State of Florida is sending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments through October 28. Other states have already sent all of their monthly payments. In some states, like Alaska and Vermont, all payments were sent at once.
The case number that SNAP users have is used by Florida to set up their paychecks. People in Florida use the ninth and eighth digits of the case number, but the number ten is skipped over because it is read backwards.
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 46 to 48 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 14th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 49 to 53 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 15th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 54 to 57 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 16th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 58 to 60 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 17th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 61 to 64 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 18th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 65 to 67 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 19th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 68 to 71 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 20th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 72 to 74 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 21st of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit :75 to 78 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 22nd of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 79 to 81 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 23rd of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 82 to 85 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 24th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 86 to 88 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 25th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 89 to 92 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 26th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 93 to 95 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 27th of October
- Case number 9th and 8th digit: 96 to 99 = Food Stamp benefits available on the 28th of October
SNAP: maximum amounts in Florida after COLA
The most a person can get will be $292 after the 2025 COLA raise. If you are married and qualify, or if you live with two people, you could get up to $536.
Families with three people can get up to $768 in SNAP benefits, and families with four people living in the same house can get up to $975. It can be up to $1,756 for a family of eight, so that’s the biggest Food Stamp payment.
Florida’s highest SNAP amounts and the size of a household
1: $292
2: $536
3: $768
4: $975
5: $1,158
6: $1,390
7: $1,536
8: $1,756
Each additional member can get up to $220 extra
Also See:- SSDI recipients can check the 2025 COLA increase for payments after Social Security unveils it