If you live in one of these states, you might be in luck if the extra costs that accumulate during Christmas are making your pocketbook feel strained. Some homes may be worried about the additional gifts and living expenditures as Christmas approaches and families from all around the state arrive.
However, with the remaining stimulus and SNAP payments before 2025, you might be lucky enough to receive an early Christmas present.
SNAP: Providing Christmas assistance to families in need
Not just around the holidays, but all year long, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, offers a lifeline of help.
In order to prevent hunger, SNAP assists low-income and vulnerable families and individuals in keeping food on the table. Many families with SNAP-eligible children will be anxious to make sure they can give their kids a Christmas celebration as the holiday approaches.
Depending on your family size and household income, your SNAP payment for food expenses varies; nonetheless, as of October 2024, the following amounts are applied:
- Household size 1: $292
- Household size 2: $536
- Household size 3: $768
- Household size 4: $975
- Household size 5: $1158
- Household size 6: $1390
- Household size 7: $1536
- Household size 8: $1,756
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Since state-specific payment dates vary, if you get SNAP benefits, consult the following calendar to see when you will get your money before Christmas:
- Alabama: December 4-23
- Alaska: December 1
- Arizona: December 1-13
- Arkansas: December 4-13
- California: December 1-10
- Colorado: December 1-10
- Connecticut: December 1-3
- Delaware: December 2-23
- District of Columbia: December 1-10
- Florida: from December 1 to 28
- Georgia: December 5 to 23
- Hawaii: December 3-5
- Idaho: December 1-10
- Illinois: December 1-10 and previous cases December 1-20
- Indiana: December 5-23
- Iowa: December 1-10
- Kansas: December 1-10
- Kentucky: December 1-19
- Louisiana: December 1-23
- Maine: December 10-14
- Maryland: December 4-23
- Massachusetts: December 1-14
- Michigan: December 3-21
- Minnesota: December 4-13
- Mississippi: December 4-21
- Missouri: December 1 to 22
- Montana: December 2-6
- Nebraska: December 1-5
- Snowfall: December 1-10
- New Hampshire: December 5
- New Jersey: December 1-5
- New Mexico: December 1-20
- New York: December 1-9
- North Carolina: December 3-21
- North Dakota: December 1
- Oklahoma: December 1-10
- Oregon: December 1-9
- Pennsylvania: December 3-14
- Rhode Island: December 1
- South Carolina: December 1-10
- South Dakota: December 10
- Tennessee: December 1-20
- Texas: December 1-28
- Utah: December 5, 11 and 15
- Vermont: December 1
- Virginia: December 1-7
- Washington: December 1-20
- West Virginia: December 1-9
- Wisconsin: December 1-15
- Wyoming: December 1-4
First Stimulus Check of 2025: How to Claim Your $1,702 Payment
Payments for the last 2024 stimulus check will be made before Christmas
You might be eligible for extra payments from the final few Stimulus Checks that will be given out before the new year begins, on top of your SNAP benefits.
For many households striving to keep up with home bills while attempting to combat inflation and the growing cost of living, stimulus checks are crucial. This is particularly true for families with children and those with modest incomes.
Colorado’s Mesa County paid out its Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) benefits to eligible citizens last week. Nearly 115,000 of the area’s registered voters receive their excess revenue back from TABOR.
Mesa Country earned $11,492,270 million more than the TABOR cap last year. Consequently, by December 16, each registered voter received a $100 refund.
Alaskans would have received their Permanent Fund Dividend (PDF) installments on December 19. The PDF enables Alaskans to receive a portion of the nation’s annual oil and natural resource profits.
Qualified individuals were paid little more than $1,300 this year. This year, 600,000 Alaskans benefited from the program. But for others, their money won’t arrive until January 2025.
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Millions of Americans still depend on stimulus checks
Although there has been recent discussion regarding the future of stimulus checks, it is crucial to keep in mind that they are a vital component of the American economy and will not be going away anytime soon.
There is optimism that fewer individuals will need to apply for financial aid through Stimulus Checks or other government programs like SNAP next year as the globe starts to emerge from the COVID-19 shadow and the cost of living starts to level off.