When to Expect SNAP Payments in November 2025?

Millions of people in the United States rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) each month to help pay for their groceries.

SNAP benefits are given out using electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, which can be used at approved grocery stores and certain online retailers.

Check out: New EBT Card Locking Feature Helps Fight SNAP Benefit Theft
 

When Will You Get Paid?

SNAP benefits are sent to recipients once a month. However, the exact date you receive your payment depends on which state you live in.

Here are the payment dates for November 2025 in some states:
 

• Alabama: November 4 to 23
• Alaska: November 1
• Arizona: November 1 to 13
• Arkansas: November 4 to 13
• California: November 1 to 10
• Colorado: November 1 to 10
• Connecticut: November 1 to 3
• Delaware: November 2 to 23
• District of Columbia: November 1 to 10
• Florida: November 1 to 28
• Georgia: November 5 to 23
• Guam: November 1 to 10
• Hawaii: November 3 to 5
• Idaho: November 1 to 10
• Illinois: November 1 to 20
• Indiana: November 5 to 23
• Iowa: November 1 to 10
• Kansas: November 1 to 10
• Kentucky: November 1 to 19
• Louisiana: November 1 to 23
• Maine: November 10 to 14
• Maryland: November 4 to 23
• Massachusetts: November 1 to 14
• Michigan: November 3 to 21
• Minnesota: November 4 to 13
• Mississippi: November 4 to 21
• Missouri: November 1 to 22
• Montana: November 2 to 6
• Nebraska: November 1 to 5
• Nevada: November 1 to 10
• New Hampshire: November 5
• New Jersey: November 1 to 5
• New Mexico: November 1 to 20
• New York: November 1 to 9
• North Carolina: November 3 to 21
• North Dakota: November 1
• Ohio: November 2 to 20
• Oklahoma: November 1 to 10
• Oregon: November 1 to 9
• Pennsylvania: November 3 to 14
• Puerto Rico: November 4 to November 22
• Rhode Island: November 1
• South Carolina: November 1 to 19
• South Dakota: November 10
• Tennessee: November 1 to 20
• Texas: November 1 to 28
• Utah: November 5, 11 and 15
• Virgin Islands: November 1
• Vermont: November 1
• Virginia: November 1 to 7
• Washington: November 1 to 20
• West Virginia: November 1 to 9
• Wisconsin: November 1 to 15
• Wyoming: November 1 to 4

Some states decide payment dates based on your case number (like California), so if your case number ends in 01, you might get paid earlier than someone whose case number ends in 99.

In other states, like Connecticut and Delaware, payments may be scheduled by the first letter of your last name. States with fewer residents, such as Alaska and South Dakota, usually send out all the payments on a single day.
 

Changes Coming to SNAP in November

There will be some important changes to SNAP starting in November due to a new law called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which Congress passed earlier this year.

This law sets stricter work rules for certain people who get SNAP benefits. Currently, adults without children (known as "able-bodied adults without dependents" or ABAWDs) can get SNAP for only three months during a three-year period unless they meet work requirements.

Starting in November, these are the new rules:
 

• The age for an exemption from the time limit has gone up from 59 to 65. Now, people up to age 65 can be exempt.
• The exemption for caring for a child is now only for parents or guardians of children under 14 (it used to be under 18).
• Exemptions for people who are homeless and for veterans have been removed.

Some people are still exempt from work requirements if they are pregnant or unable to work due to physical or mental health reasons.

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