The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is not the only benefit payment used to obtain food in the United States.
Even though there are several benefit programs, such as WICand TANF, the former Food Stamps program remains the most important. For your information, it can send monthly payments of up to $1,756 to eight people in the 48 contiguous states.
The largest SNAP payments will be made in Alaska, where a family of eight can receive up to $3,516. A staggering sum that can aid low-income families in combating food insecurity.
States do not send out Food Stamp payments on the same day. Some people can send cash to EBT cards for up to 28 days, while others only have one payday.
SNAP (Food Stamps) payment schedule for December 2024 in the U.S.
The December payment for SNAP recipients will include the 2025 COLA increase. This increase will be reflected in all Food Stamps paydays until September 30, 2025. Then, payments can be increased or decreased. For example, Food Stamp amounts in Hawaii have decreased for the second year in a row.
- Alabama: December 4 until December 23
- Alaska: December 1
- Arizona: December 1 until December 13
- Arkansas: December 4 until December 13
- California: December 1 until December 10
- Colorado: December 1 until December 10
- Connecticut: December 1 until December 3
- Delaware: December 2 until December 23
- Florida: December 1 until December 28
- Georgia: December 5 until December 23
- Hawaii: December 3 until December 5
- Idaho: December 1 until December 10
- Illinois: December 1 until December 10
- Indiana: December 5 until December 23
- Iowa: December 1 until December 10
- Kansas: December 1 until December 10
- Kentucky: December 1 until December 19
- Louisiana: December 1 until December 23
- Maine: December 10 until December 14
- Maryland: December 4 until December 23
- Massachusetts: December 1 until December 14
- Michigan: December 3 until December 21
- Minnesota: December 4 until December 13
- Mississippi: December 4 until December 21
- Missouri: December 1 until December 22
- Montana: December 2 until December 6
- Nebraska: December 1 until December 5
- Nevada: December 1 until December 10
- New Hampshire: December 5
- New Jersey: December 1 until December 5
- New Mexico: December 1 until December 20
- New York: December 1 until December 9
- North Carolina: December 3 until December 21
- North Dakota: December 1
- Ohio: December 2 until December 20
- Oklahoma: December 1 until December 10
- Oregon: December 1 until December 9
- Pennsylvania: Over the first 10 business days
- Rhode Island: December 1
- South Carolina: December 1 until December 10
- South Dakota: December 10
- Tennessee: December 1 until December 20
- Texas: December 1 until December 28
- Utah: December 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: December 1
- Virginia: December 1 until December 7
- Washington: December 1 until December 20
- West Virginia: December 1 until December 9
- Wisconsin: December 1 until December 15
- Wyoming: December 1 until December 4
- Guam: December 1 until December 10
- Puerto Rico: December 4 until December 22
- The District of Columbia: December 1 until December 10
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: December 1
How to know when you get your SNAP payment in December
The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the paydays in December. If you are unsure which SNAP payday will be yours, simply refer to the USDA’s monthly issuance schedule.
The official website for checking how your state arranges paydays is https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/monthly-issuance-schedule. Alabama, for example, will pay out SNAP benefits on December 4 if your case number is 00-04. However, if it ends at 95-99 on the 23rd.
States such as Alaska, Vermont, Rhode Island, and North Dakota will make all SNAP payments on the same day. So there’s no need to check the USDA’s monthly issuance schedule.
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