The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has already scheduled the October payments for SNAP. The best thing about them is the fact that they will bring the 2025 COLA increase.
While many States will continue sending Food Stamps for several days or even weeks, others will just send all the money to all recipients on a single payday. That is the case with Alaska, Vermont, Rhode Island, and North Dakota.
States sending up to $1,756 to SNAP recipients in October
Here is the full list of States sending Food Stamps checks of up to $1,756. Bear in mind that Alaska and Hawaii are not on the list because they have much higher payments due to higher inflation.
Alabama: October 4-23
Arizona: October 1-13
Arkansas: October 4-13
California: October 1-10
Colorado: October 1-10
Connecticut: October 1-3
Delaware: October 2-23
Florida: October 1-28
Georgia: October 5-23
Idaho: October 1-10
Illinois: October 1-10
Indiana: October 5-23
Iowa: October 1-10
Kansas: October 1-10
Kentucky: October 1-19
Louisiana: October 1-23
Maine: October 10-14
Maryland: October 4-23
Massachusetts: October 1-14
Michigan: October 3-21
Minnesota: October 4-13
Mississippi: October 4-21
Missouri: October 1-22
Montana: October 2-6
Nebraska: October 1-5
Nevada: October 1-10
New Hampshire: October 5
New Jersey: October 1-5
New Mexico: October 1-20
New York: October 1-9
North Carolina: October 3-21
North Dakota: October 1
Ohio: October 2-20
Oklahoma: October 1-10
Oregon: October 1-9
Pennsylvania: On the first ten business days
Rhode Island: October 1
South Carolina: October 1-10
South Dakota: October 10
Tennessee: October 1-20
Texas: October 1-28
Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
Vermont: October 1
Virginia: October 1-7
Washington: October 1-20
West Virginia: October 1-9
Wisconsin: October 1-15
Wyoming: October 1-4
Maximum SNAP payment amounts
Bear in mind that the amount of your Food Stamps will depend on the earnings you have and the number of people living in your household. For example, a single person will receive less money than a family of 4.
All these payments will include the COLA increase from USDA. Nevertheless, this COLA boost is very small and recipients may not see a big difference after the Cost of Living Adjustment.
- Household Size and maximum SNAP amounts in the 48 contiguous States
- 1 individual $292
- 2 family members $536
- 3 family members $768
- 4 family members $975
- 5 family members $1,158
- 6 family members $1,390
- 7 family members $1,536
- 8 family members $1,756
Each additional family member $220
