EBT Deposit Schedule: When SNAP Benefits Arrive in Your State

Alabama — 4th–23rd of the month

Alabama deposits SNAP benefits between the 4th and the 23rd of the month, based on the last two digits of your DHR case number. Your date is the same every calendar month.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-8888 · EBT stores in Alabama →
As of August 2026 · Source: Alabama DHR, EBT Issuance Schedule

Alaska — 1st of the month for everyone

Alaska doesn't stagger deposits — every household gets its full monthly benefit on the Quest card on the 1st of the month, shortly after midnight Alaska time.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-8111 · EBT stores in Alaska →
As of August 2026 · Source: Alaska DOH, Division of Public Assistance

Arizona — 1st–13th of the month

Arizona deposits benefits over the first 13 days of the month, by the first letter of the last name on the case. Money is available by 5:00 a.m. on your day.

Cash (TANF) benefits follow a different rule — everyone gets those on the 1st.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-9333 · EBT stores in Arizona →
As of August 2026 · Source: Arizona DES, FAA Policy Manual

Arkansas — 4th–13th of the month

Arkansas deposits benefits between the 4th and the 13th of the month, keyed to the last digit of your Social Security number. Money posts at 12:01 a.m. on your date — weekends and holidays included, no delay.

The state doesn't publish the full digit-to-day table online. Your date stays the same every month; call EBT customer service to confirm your first one.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-9999 · EBT stores in Arkansas →
As of August 2026 · Source: Arkansas DHS, SNAP Certification Manual (FY2026)

California — 1st–10th of the month

CalFresh benefits load over the first 10 days of the month, based on the last digit of your county case number. Funds are available between 12:01 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Pacific on your date.

EBT customer service: 1-877-328-9677 · EBT stores in California →
As of August 2026 · Source: California Department of Social Services

Colorado — 1st–10th of the month

Colorado deposits benefits onto the Quest card between the 1st and the 10th, based on the last digit of the head of household's Social Security number. The date repeats every month — no weekend or holiday shift.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-2656 · EBT stores in Colorado →
As of August 2026 · Source: Colorado Department of Human Services

Connecticut — 1st–8th of the month

Since March 1, 2026, Connecticut deposits SNAP over the first 8 days of the month, based on the last two digits of your Client ID (on your EBT card and DSS notices). Cash benefits still arrive on the 1st for everyone.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-2666 · EBT stores in Connecticut →
As of August 2026 · Source: Connecticut Department of Social Services

Delaware — 2nd–23rd of the month

Delaware spreads deposits from the 2nd to the 23rd of the month, one letter group per day, by the first letter of the primary cardholder's last name.

EBT customer service: 1-800-526-9099 · EBT stores in Delaware →
As of August 2026 · Source: Delaware DHSS, Division of Social Services

District of Columbia — 1st–10th of the month

DC deposits benefits between the 1st and the 10th of the month, by the first letter of the head of household's last name.

EBT customer service: 1-888-304-9167 · EBT stores in District of Columbia →
As of August 2026 · Source: DC Department of Human Services

Florida — 1st–28th of the month

Florida spreads deposits across the 1st through the 28th of the month. Your day is assigned from your case number when your case is approved, and it stays fixed after that — but Florida doesn't publish a public lookup table.

Check your MyACCESS account or the approval letter DCF sent you — both show your exact deposit date. You can also call EBT customer service.

EBT customer service: 1-888-356-3281 · EBT stores in Florida →
As of August 2026 · Source: Florida Department of Children and Families

Georgia — 5th–23rd of the month

Georgia deposits benefits on odd days between the 5th and the 23rd, based on the last two digits of the head of household's Client ID number.

EBT customer service: 1-888-421-3281 · EBT stores in Georgia →
As of August 2026 · Source: Georgia DFCS, SNAP Policy Manual §3810

Hawaii — 3rd or 5th of the month for everyone

Hawaii uses just two deposit days: last names A–I get benefits on the 3rd of the month, and J–Z on the 5th.

Households that get cash benefits deposited to a bank account see their SNAP arrive on the 1st instead.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-4292 · EBT stores in Hawaii →
As of August 2026 · Source: Hawaii DHS, BESSD — EBT

Idaho — 1st–10th of the month

Idaho loads benefits over the first 10 days of the month, based on the last digit of your birth year. Born in 1994? Your benefits land on the 4th.

EBT customer service: 1-888-432-4328 · EBT stores in Idaho →
As of August 2026 · Source: Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

Illinois — 1st–10th of the month

For cases approved since late 2017, Illinois deposits Link benefits over the first 10 days of the month by the last digit of the head of household's Individual ID number (RIN). Benefits are available by 3:00 a.m. on your date, weekends and holidays included.

Older converted cases kept their original date, which can also fall on the 13th, 17th, or 20th.

EBT customer service: 1-800-678-5465 · EBT stores in Illinois →
As of August 2026 · Source: Illinois DHS, WAG 22-01-01-g

Indiana — 5th–23rd of the month

Indiana loads Hoosier Works cards on odd days between the 5th and the 23rd, by the first letter of the payee's last name.

EBT customer service: 1-800-403-0864 · EBT stores in Indiana →
As of August 2026 · Source: Indiana FSSA, Division of Family Resources

Iowa — 1st–10th of the month

Iowa deposits benefits over the first 10 days of the month, by the first letter of the head of household's last name. Your date doesn't shift for weekends or holidays.

EBT customer service: 1-800-359-5802 · EBT stores in Iowa →
As of August 2026 · Source: Iowa HHS, SNAP FAQ

Kansas — 1st–10th of the month

Kansas makes benefits available by 6:00 a.m. over the first 10 days of the month, by the first letter of your last name. The state manual is explicit: dates do not shift for weekends or holidays.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-6666 · EBT stores in Kansas →
As of August 2026 · Source: Kansas DCF, KEESM §1513

Kentucky — 1st–19th of the month

Kentucky deposits benefits over the first 19 days of the month, keyed to the last digit of your DCBS case number. The state doesn't publish the exact digit-to-day table online.

Your date is the same every month. Call EBT customer service or check kynect to confirm your day.

EBT customer service: 1-888-979-9949 · EBT stores in Kentucky →
As of August 2026 · Source: Kentucky CHFS, DCBS — SNAP

Louisiana — 1st–23rd of the month

Louisiana deposits benefits between the 1st and the 23rd of the month, keyed to the last digit of the head of household's Social Security number. Households where everyone is age 60+ or disabled get theirs earlier, between the 1st and the 4th.

Louisiana publishes the current schedule inside the LifeInCheck EBT app (under Program Info), not on a public webpage. Check the app or call EBT customer service for your day.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-1117 · EBT stores in Louisiana →
As of August 2026 · Source: Louisiana Department of Health, EBT FAQ

Maine — 10th–14th of the month

Maine deposits SNAP (Food Supplement) benefits between the 10th and the 14th of every month. The state doesn't publish how your exact day is assigned.

Your date repeats monthly — check My Maine Connection or call EBT customer service to confirm yours.

EBT customer service: 1-800-477-7428 · EBT stores in Maine →
As of August 2026 · Source: Maine DHHS, Office for Family Independence

Maryland — 4th–23rd of the month

Maryland deposits benefits onto the Independence Card between the 4th and the 23rd, based on the first three letters of your last name.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-2222 · EBT stores in Maryland →
As of August 2026 · Source: Maryland Department of Human Services

Massachusetts — 1st–14th of the month

Massachusetts deposits benefits on a fixed day in the first 14 days of the month, set by the last digit of your Social Security number (or a DTA-assigned ID if you don't have an SSN). An SSN ending in 0 means the 1st. If your day falls on a Sunday or holiday, benefits arrive the prior business day.

DTA doesn't publish the full digit table — check DTA Connect (app or online) to see your exact date.

Cash benefits (TAFDC/EAEDC) are different: everyone gets those on the 1st and the 16th.

EBT customer service: 1-877-382-2363 · EBT stores in Massachusetts →
As of August 2026 · Source: Massachusetts DTA, EBT card information

Michigan — 3rd–21st of the month

Michigan deposits Bridge Card food benefits on a fixed day between the 3rd and the 21st of the month, keyed to the last digit of your 8-digit Recipient ID. Deposits land on odd days, one digit per day.

Check MI Bridges or call EBT customer service to confirm your exact day — the state's public pages don't print the digit table.

EBT customer service: 1-888-678-8914 · EBT stores in Michigan →
As of August 2026 · Source: Michigan DHHS, Bridge Card

Minnesota — 4th–13th of the month

Minnesota deposits benefits between the 4th and the 13th, based on the last digit of your case number — available after 12:01 a.m. on your day, weekends and holidays included.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-2227 · EBT stores in Minnesota →
As of August 2026 · Source: Minnesota DCYF, EBT card FAQ

Mississippi — 4th–21st of the month

Mississippi deposits benefits between the 4th and the 21st, based on the last two digits of your case number — the same day every month, regardless of weekends or holidays.

EBT customer service: 1-866-512-5087 · EBT stores in Mississippi →
As of August 2026 · Source: Mississippi DHS, EBT help

Missouri — 1st–22nd of the month

Missouri sets your day from two things: the primary account holder's birth month and the first letter of their last name. Born in June with a last name starting with T? Your benefits land on the 11th every month.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-7777 · EBT stores in Missouri →
As of August 2026 · Source: Missouri DSS, monthly EBT benefit schedule

Montana — 2nd–6th of the month

Montana deposits SNAP (and TANF cash) over a 5-day window starting the 2nd of the month, at 12:01 a.m., based on the last digit of your case number.

EBT customer service: 1-866-850-1556 · EBT stores in Montana →
As of August 2026 · Source: Montana DPHHS, SNAP manual

Nebraska — 1st–5th of the month

Nebraska deposits benefits over the first 5 days of the month, available by 8:00 a.m. Central, based on the last digit of the head of household's Social Security number.

EBT customer service: 1-877-247-6328 · EBT stores in Nebraska →
As of August 2026 · Source: Nebraska DHHS, EBT Q&A

Nevada — 1st–10th of the month

Nevada deposits benefits over the first 10 days of the month, based on the last digit of the head of household's birth year. Born in 1989? Your money lands on the 9th.

EBT customer service: 1-866-281-2443 · EBT stores in Nevada →
As of August 2026 · Source: Nevada DWSS

New Hampshire — 5th of the month for everyone

New Hampshire pays every SNAP household on the same day: the 5th of the month. There's no digit or letter schedule to look up.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-9777 · EBT stores in New Hampshire →
As of August 2026 · Source: New Hampshire DHHS, EBT

New Jersey — 1st–5th of the month

New Jersey deposits benefits over the first 5 days of the month, keyed to the 7th digit of your case number. One exception: Warren County residents all get benefits on the 1st.

Check the NJFamiliesFirst portal or call EBT customer service to confirm your exact day.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-3333 · EBT stores in New Jersey →
As of August 2026 · Source: NJ Department of Human Services, NJ SNAP

New Mexico — 1st–20th of the month

New Mexico spreads deposits over the first 20 days of the month, based on the last two digits of the head of household's Social Security number. Cash benefits are different — everyone gets those on the 1st.

The full two-digit table is published as a graphic on the state's EBT page — check YES New Mexico or call EBT customer service for your day.

EBT customer service: 1-800-843-8303 · EBT stores in New Mexico →
As of August 2026 · Source: New Mexico Health Care Authority, EBT

New York — 1st–9th (upstate) · first 2 weeks (NYC) of the month

New York runs two schedules. Outside New York City, your deposit day is the last digit of your case number, over the 1st through the 9th (0 or 1 = 1st, 2 = 2nd, and so on through 9 = 9th). In the five NYC boroughs, your day comes from the second-to-last digit of your case number, spread across business days in the first two weeks per OTDA's pick-up schedule.

NYC residents: check OTDA's current EBT pick-up schedule (Form EBT-52) for this month's exact dates.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-6399 · EBT stores in New York →
As of August 2026 · Source: NYS OTDA, EBT issuance schedules

North Carolina — 3rd–21st of the month

North Carolina deposits FNS benefits on odd days between the 3rd and the 21st, based on the last digit of your Social Security number — available after 6:00 a.m., weekends and holidays included. No SSN on the case? Benefits arrive on the 3rd.

EBT customer service: 1-888-622-7328 · EBT stores in North Carolina →
As of August 2026 · Source: NCDHHS, Food and Nutrition Services

North Dakota — 1st of the month for everyone

North Dakota pays every ongoing SNAP household on the 1st of the month, even when the 1st falls on a weekend or holiday. New cases are told their first deposit date individually.

EBT customer service: 1-800-630-4655 · EBT stores in North Dakota →
As of August 2026 · Source: North Dakota HHS, EBT

Ohio — 2nd–20th of the month

Ohio deposits benefits onto the Direction Card on even days from the 2nd through the 20th, based on the last digit of your case number — the same day every month, no weekend shift.

EBT customer service: 1-866-386-3071 · EBT stores in Ohio →
As of August 2026 · Source: Ohio ODJFS, Direction Card brochure

Oklahoma — 1st, 5th, or 10th of the month

Oklahoma uses just three deposit days, based on the last digit of your case number.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-6551 · EBT stores in Oklahoma →
As of August 2026 · Source: Oklahoma Human Services, SNAP

Oregon — 1st–9th of the month

Oregon deposits benefits from the 1st through the 9th of the month — weekends and holidays included — based on the last digit of your Social Security number. No SSN on the case? Benefits arrive on the 1st.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-4447 · EBT stores in Oregon →
As of August 2026 · Source: Oregon ODHS, EBT

Pennsylvania — first 10 business days of the month for everyone

Pennsylvania spreads deposits over the first 10 business days of the month (weekends and holidays don't count), based on the last digit of your 7-digit case record number. The exact pattern varies a little by county, so your calendar date shifts month to month even though your business day stays the same.

Check your COMPASS account or call EBT customer service to see this month's exact date for your case.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-7366 · EBT stores in Pennsylvania →
As of August 2026 · Source: Pennsylvania DHS, EBT

Rhode Island — 1st of the month for everyone

Rhode Island pays every SNAP household on the 1st of the month — single-day issuance since March 2023. No schedule to look up.

EBT customer service: 1-888-979-9939 · EBT stores in Rhode Island →
As of August 2026 · Source: Rhode Island DHS, SNAP

South Carolina — 1st–19th of the month

South Carolina deposits benefits between the 1st and the 19th on a pattern set by the last digit of your case number. New applicants get their first benefits the day after approval.

EBT customer service: 1-800-554-5268 · EBT stores in South Carolina →
As of August 2026 · Source: South Carolina DSS, SNAP FAQ

South Dakota — 10th of the month for everyone

South Dakota pays every SNAP household on the 10th of the month — same day for everyone, no shift for weekends or holidays.

EBT customer service: 1-800-604-5099 · EBT stores in South Dakota →
As of August 2026 · Source: South Dakota DSS, EBT FAQ

Tennessee — 1st–20th of the month

Tennessee deposits benefits over the first 20 days of the month, based on the last two digits of the Social Security number on your application.

EBT customer service: 1-888-997-9444 · EBT stores in Tennessee →
As of August 2026 · Source: Tennessee DHS, SNAP issuance schedule

Texas — 16th–28th (or 1st–15th) of the month

Texas has two schedules. Cases certified after June 1, 2020 get benefits between the 16th and the 28th of the month, staggered by the last two digits of the Eligibility Determination Group (EDG) number on your approval letter. Cases certified before that date kept their original 1st–15th schedule.

Your approval or renewal letter shows your date, or check your case in the Your Texas Benefits app.

EBT customer service: 1-800-777-7328 · EBT stores in Texas →
As of August 2026 · Source: Texas HHS, Texas Works Handbook B-250

Utah — 5th, 11th, or 15th of the month

Utah uses three deposit days, based on the first letter of your last name.

EBT customer service: 1-800-997-4444 · EBT stores in Utah →
As of August 2026 · Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services

Vermont — 1st–10th of the month

Vermont deposits 3SquaresVT benefits early in the month on a fixed date tied to the last digit of your case number — the same date every month, weekends and holidays included. The state doesn't publish the digit table online.

Call EBT customer service or check MyBenefits VT to confirm your day.

EBT customer service: 1-800-914-8605 · EBT stores in Vermont →
As of August 2026 · Source: Vermont DCF, EBT

Virginia — 1st, 4th, or 7th of the month

Virginia uses three deposit days in the first week of the month, based on the last digit of your case number. Benefits post at 12:01 a.m. on your date, weekends and holidays included.

EBT customer service: 1-866-281-2448 · EBT stores in Virginia →
As of August 2026 · Source: Virginia DSS, EBT

Washington — 1st–20th of the month

Washington doesn't use a digit or letter schedule. Your approval letter names a specific date between the 1st and the 20th, and your Basic Food benefits land on that same date every month after — available by 6:00 a.m., weekends included.

Look at your approval letter, or check your Washington Connection account.

EBT customer service: 1-888-328-9271 · EBT stores in Washington →
As of August 2026 · Source: Washington DSHS, Basic Food

West Virginia — 1st–9th of the month

West Virginia deposits benefits over the first 9 days of the month by the first letter of the head of household's last name — but the letter groups aren't alphabetical order, so check the table. Deposits land between midnight and 8:00 a.m.

Cash (WV WORKS) benefits are separate — those arrive on the 1st.

EBT customer service: 1-866-545-6502 · EBT stores in West Virginia →
As of August 2026 · Source: West Virginia DoHS, Office of EBT

Wisconsin — 2nd–15th of the month

Wisconsin deposits FoodShare benefits between the 2nd and the 15th, based on the 8th digit of the head of household's Social Security number — the same date every month.

EBT customer service: 1-877-415-5164 · EBT stores in Wisconsin →
As of August 2026 · Source: Wisconsin DHS, FoodShare

Wyoming — 1st–4th of the month

Wyoming deposits benefits over the first 4 days of the month, by the first letter of your last name.

The state's current pages don't print the letter groups — call EBT customer service to confirm your day.

EBT customer service: 1-877-290-9401 · EBT stores in Wyoming →
As of August 2026 · Source: Wyoming DFS, SNAP