SNAP, a federal program, provides families with money through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards, aiming to combat hunger and improve nutrition in low-income households.
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Texas SNAP Benefits Payment May: Families in the most need are sent assistance by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in several states of the union. Under this federal program, qualifying low-income people and families get money to buy food.
Previously known as the Food Stamp Program, electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards are used to purchase qualifying food goods at approved stores, much like a debit card.
There are limits on what people can and cannot buy through this program, which aims to fight hunger and improve nutrition in low-income families. For example, you can’t use the money to buy gas, booze, toiletries, or hot food.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a similar program that helps qualified families by giving them cash and other services like job training, child care, and transportation.
Its goal is to help low-income families with dependent children. We are, therefore, exclusively discussing SNAP.
The EBT card known as the Lone Star Card is used much like a debit card to pay benefits. The benefit sum is put in the card’s account each month, and the user can utilize it anyway they deem appropriate.
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According to Marca, these are the crucial dates. As May starts, another round of payments is due.
The final two numbers on the back of a SNAP card are the Eligible Determination Group (EDG) number, which determines how much money is paid out.
According to the USDA, this is the payment schedule for all states and territories for May.
| STATE | DATES |
| Alabama | May 4 to 23 |
| Alaska | May 1 |
| Arizona | May 1 to 13 |
| Arkansas | May 4 to 13 |
| California | May 1 to 10 |
| Colorado | May 1 to 10 |
| Connecticut | May 1 to 3 |
| Delaware | May 2 to 23 |
| District of Columbia | May 1 to 10 |
| Florida | May 1 to 28 |
| Georgia | May 5 to 23 |
| Guam | May 1 to 10 |
| Hawaii | May 3 to 5 |
| Idaho | May 1 to 10 |
| Illinois | May 1 to 10 |
| Indiana | May 5 to 23 |
| Iowa | May 1 to 10 |
| Kansas | May 1 to 10 |
| Kentucky | May 1 to 19 |
| Louisiana | May 1 to 23 |
| Maine | May 10 to 14 |
| Maryland | May 4 to 23 |
| Massachusetts | May 1 to 14 |
| Michigan | May 3 to 21 |
| Minnesota | May 4 to 13 |
| Mississippi | May 4 to 21 |
| Missouri | May 1 to 22 |
| Montana | May 2 to 6 |
| Nebraska | May 1 to 5 |
| Nevada | May 1 to 10 |
| New Hampshire | May 5 |
| New Jersey | May 1 to 5 |
| New Mexico | May 1 to 20 |
| New York | May 1 to 9 |
| North Carolina | May 3 to 21 |
| North Dakota | May 1 |
| Ohio | May 2 to 20 |
| Oklahoma | May 1 to 10 |
| Oregon | May 1 to 9 |
| Pennsylvania | May 3 to 14 |
| Puerto Rico | May 4 to 22 |
| Rhode Island | May 1 |
| South Carolina | May 1 to 10 |
| South Dakota | May 10 |
| Tennessee | May 1 to 20 |
| Texas | May 1 to 28 |
| Utah | May 5, 11 and 15 |
| Vermont | May 1 |
| Virginia | May 1 to 7 |
| Virgin Islands | May 1 |
| Washington | May 1 to 20 |
| West Virginia | May 1 to 9 |
| Wisconsin | May 1 to 15 |
| Wyoming | May 1 to 4 |
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