The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will apply the 2025 cost of living (COLA) increase to payments that will be issued in the month of October. Here we will tell you about the dates and amounts. The United States provides different ways to help citizens financially, among them is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly known as SNAP. Through this, the USDA issues payments to qualified beneficiaries.
The main objective of the SNAP benefits program is to benefit low-income families who have some difficulties in bringing food to their homes. Financial aid is sent monthly to an EBT debit card, which can be used to get groceries at select supermarkets, convenience stores and other accepted retailers. Although SNAP is a federal program, the distribution of funds is administered at the state level, so the amounts, requirements, and distribution dates may vary from state to state.
SNAP amounts for the month of October 2024.
The amounts may be different from one state to another. However, the USDA manages a table of the maximum payments that can be received, this varies depending on the number of people in a family.
For the month of August, the agency made an announcement about the new maximum allowances, deductions and income eligibility standards, this just after the 2025 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) was applied.
The maximum amount of SNAP coupons starting October 1, 2024 will be as follows
- 1 member: $292
- 2 members: $536
- 3 members: $768
- 4 members: $975
- 5 members: $1,158
- 6 members: $1,390
- 7 members: $1,536
- 8 members: $1,756
- Additional member: +$220
The amounts mentioned above will remain in effect until September 30, 2025. After that, the USDA will make the announcement about the cost of living adjustment, which will increase payments starting in October 2025 until the month of September 2026.
SNAP payment dates by state in the month of October.
Since the administration of the program is at the state level, the sending of payments is different depending on the region in which you live. Here we detail the deposit dates in each state for the month of October 2024.
- Alabama: from October 4 to 23
- Alaska: October 1
- Arizona: from October 1 to 13
- Arkansas: from October 4 to 13
- California: from October 1 to 10
- Colorado: from October 1 to 10
- Connecticut: from October 1 to 3
- Delaware: from October 2 to 23
- D.C: from October 1 to 10
- Florida: from October 1 to 28
- Georgia: from October 5 to 23
- Hawaii: from October 3 to 5
- Idaho: from October 1 to 10
- Illinois: from October 1 to 10
- Indiana: from October 5 to 23
- Iowa: from October 1 to 10
- Kansas: from October 1 to 10
- Kentucky: from October 1 to 19
- Louisiana: from October 1 to 23
- Maine: from October 10 to 14
- Maryland: from October 4 to 23
- Massachusetts: from October 1 to 14
- Michigan: from October 3 to 21
- Minnesota: from October 4 to 13
- Mississippi: from October 4 to 21
- Measurements: from October 1 to 22
- Montana: from October 2 to 6
- Nebraska: from October 1 to 5
- Nevada: from October 1 to 10
- New Jersey: from October 1 to 5
- New York: from October 1 to 9
- N.H: October 5
- New Mexico: from October 1 to 20
- North Carolina: from October 3 to 21
- North Dakota: October 1
- Ohio: from October 2 to 20
- Oklahoma: from October 1 to 10
- Oregon: from October 1 to 9
- Pennsylvania: from October 3 to 14
- Rhode Island: October 1
- South Carolina: from October 1 to 10
- Dakota del Sur: October 10
- Tennessee: from October 1 to 20
- Texas: from October 1 to 28
- Utah: October 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: October 1
- Virginia: from October 1 to 7
- Virginia Occidental: from October 1 to 9
- Washington: from October 1 to 20
- Wisconsin: from October 1 to 15
- Wyoming: from October 1 to 4
