The new SNAP payment plan for July is about to begin. People who are qualified will get their Food Stamps in just a few hours. It’s possible that your highest payment amount is very different depending on the state where you live. The reason for this is that the USDA changes the highest benefits based on the cost of living in each U.S. state or territory.
The highest amount of SNAP benefits is the same for the 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia. However, the maximum amounts are higher for Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In fact, that’s also how they give out the biggest amounts of Food Stamps. The thing is, not everyone gets these maximum amounts, and if you have other means or income, you can expect your benefits to go down.
Who collects SNAP payments in the First Week of July?
Most states will have Food Stamps from July 1st through July 7th, when the SNAP funds start coming in. If you live in Maine or South Dakota, however, you will have to wait to get nutrition assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Remember that people who are qualified for SNAP benefits in Maine have to wait until July 10 to get their payments. We will only be getting paid until July 14, so everything will be fine in a few days. South Dakotans who get food stamps will begin and end their benefits on July 10, which is their only pay day.
- Alabama: July 4 to 23
- Alaska: July 1
- Arizona: July 1 to 13
- Arkansas: July 4 to 13
- California: July 1 to 10
- Colorado: July 1 to 10
- Connecticut: July 1 to 3
- Delaware: July 2 to 23
- Florida: July 1 to 28
- Georgia: July 5 to 23
- Hawaii: July 3 to 5
- Idaho: July 1 to 10
- Illinois: July 1 to 10
- Indiana: July 5 to 23
- Iowa: July 1 to 10
- Kansas: July 1 to 10
- Kentucky: July 1 to 19
- Louisiana: July 1 to 23
Maine: July 10 to 14- Maryland: July 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: July 1 to 14
- Michigan: July 3 to 21
- Minnesota: July 4 to 13
- Mississippi: July 4 to 21
- Missouri: July 1 to 22
- Montana: July 2 to 6
- Nebraska: July 1 to 5
- Nevada: July 1 to 10
- New Hampshire: July 5
- New Jersey: July 1 to 5
- New Mexico: July 1 to 20
- New York: July 1 to 9
- North Carolina: July 3 to 21
- North Dakota: July 1
- Ohio: July 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: July 1 to 10
- Oregon: July 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: Over the first ten working days in July 2025
- Rhode Island: July 1
- South Carolina: July 1 to 10
South Dakota: July 10- Tennessee: July 1 to 20
- Texas: July 1 to 28
- Utah: July 5, 11, and 15
- Vermont: July 1
- Virginia: July 1 to 7
- Washington: July 1 to 20
- West Virginia: July 1 to 9
- Wisconsin: July 1 to 15
- Wyoming: July 1 to 4
- Guam: July 1 to 10
- Puerto Rico: July 4 to 22
- The District of Columbia: July 1 to 10
- The U.S. Virgin Islands: July 1
Where can SNAP recipients collect $1,074 for 2 members?
People who get SNAP benefits and live in the Great State of Alaska can only get this much. But that is the most that can be taken in a place that is considered “Rural 2.” People in Alaska who live in cities and get SNAP benefits can only get up to $692 a month.
For Alaskans who qualified and live in an area called “Rural 1,” they can get up to $882. Any of these maximum numbers is a lot more than the most that people can get from SNAP in the 48 states that are next to each other.
It’s important to know that the 48 contiguous states can only pay up to $536 if your household has two people. In this case, there is a big change from the $1,074 for two people in Alaska Rural 2.
