SNAP recipients will get the new 2025 COLA increase in the 48 contiguous States, D.C. and Alaska before the Social Security COLA arrives, check Food Stamp amounts
Some States will be the first to issue SNAP payments in 44 days with the 2025 COLA boost for eligible recipients. What is more, not all States and U.S. territories send the maximum Food Stamp amounts.
For your information, some States will send all the SNAP payments on a single payday. Therefore, that will be the only possible payday all recipients have. One of them will send the largest benefit payment after the 2025 COLA on October 1, 2024.
Which States have a single payday and which pays the largest SNAP benefit?
Alaska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont are the only states where people who get food stamps will only get paid once. Aside from them, the US Virgin Islands will only have one bank holiday.
The 48 states that are next to each other share the highest payment amounts, or allotments. This means that on October 1, 2024, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Vermont will not send the biggest SNAP checks.
In fact, the State of Alaska will send up to $3,516 to a qualified family of eight living in Rural 2 to help them out. There is a big gap between this amount and the most that can be received through SNAP after the 2025 COLA in the 48 contiguous states. A family of eight can only get $1,751.
SNAP payments after 2025 COLA starting on October 1, 2024
Here is a full list of all the states’ paydays. On September 1, money will be sent to EBT cards, but some states will have more than one payment date.
Arizona: October 1-13
California: October 1-10
Colorado: October 1-10
Connecticut: October 1-3
Florida: October 1-28
Idaho: October 1-10
Illinois: October 1-10
Iowa: October 1-10
Kansas: October 1-10
Kentucky: October 1-19
Louisiana: October 1-23
Massachusetts: October 1-14
Missouri: October 1-22
Nebraska: October 1-5
Nevada: October 1-10
New Jersey: October 1-5
New Mexico: October 1-20
New York: October 1-9
Oklahoma: October 1-10
Oregon: October 1-9
Pennsylvania: Over the first 10 business days
South Carolina: October 1-10
Tennessee: October 1-20
Texas: October 1-28
Virginia: October 1-7
Washington: October 1-20
West Virginia: October 1-9
Wisconsin: October 1-15
Wyoming: October 1-4
Guam & D.C.
Guam: October 1-10
The District of Columbia: October 1-10