April 2025 SNAP Benefits Distribution Dates Released for Every State
Michael Nguyen
Published Jan 14, 2026
Check out: Everything You Need to Know about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
SNAP benefits are given through an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card that can be used like a bank card at stores that accept it. Each state decides when to give out these benefits, even though the program is supported by federal funds.
If you're wondering when SNAP benefits will be available in April 2025, here are the estimated dates for each state:
- Alabama: April 4-23
- Alaska: April 1
- Arizona: April 1-13
- Arkansas: April 4-13
- California: April 1-10
- Colorado: April 1-10
- Connecticut: April 1-3
- Delaware: April 2-23
- District of Columbia: April 1-10
- Florida: April 1-28
- Georgia: April 5-23
- Guam: April 1-10
- Hawaii: April 3-5
- Idaho: April 1-10
- Illinois: April 1-20
- Indiana: April 5-23
- Iowa: April 1-10
- Kansas: April 1-10
- Kentucky: April 1-19
- Louisiana: April 1-23
- Maine: April 10-14
- Maryland: April 4-23
- Massachusetts: April 1-14
- Michigan: April 3-21
- Minnesota: April 4-13
- Mississippi: April 4-21
- Missouri: April 1-22
- Montana: April 2-6
- Nebraska: April 1-5
- Nevada: April 1-10
- New Hampshire: April 5
- New Jersey: April 1-5
- New Mexico: April 1-20
- New York: April 1-9
- North Carolina: April 3-21
- North Dakota: April 1
- Ohio: April 2-20
- Oklahoma: April 1-10
- Oregon: April 1-9
- Pennsylvania: April 3-14
- Puerto Rico: April 4-22
- Rhode Island: April 1
- South Carolina: April 1-19
- South Dakota: April 10
- Tennessee: April 1-20
- Texas: April 1-28
- Utah: April 5, 11, and 15
- Virgin Islands: April 1
- Vermont: April 1
- Virginia: April 1-7
- Washington: April 1-20
- West Virginia: April 1-9
- Wisconsin: April 1-15
- Wyoming: April 1-4
For more information on SNAP or if you have specific questions, you can check out the program's official website
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