

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to provide benefits to people who are struggling financially to buy the food they need and access good quality nutrients in sufficient quantities throughout the United States.
In Texas, SNAP benefits are dispersed through the so-called Lone Star Card, which in the rest of the country is known as the EBT card, and can be used like a debit card at any store that is part of the SNAP program.
SNAP benefits also have some clear restrictions that prevent the purchase of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, products or supplies that cannot be eaten or drunk, paying bills, as well as buying hot meals or prepared menus in restaurants.
On the other hand, SNAP allows you to purchase fresh food, even online, or seeds for the garden to create a vegetable garden at home.
This program applies to eligible low-income households, including adults between the ages of 18 and 52 who do not have children, for periods of three months in three years.
The benefits period may be longer if the person works at least 20 hours a week or is in a job or training program, and also applies to adults who do not need to work to receive benefits, such as those who suffer from a disability or pregnant women.
In Texas, SNAP benefits include an additional amount for households where all residents are seniors (aged 60 and older) or people with disabilities and who are eligible for the Texas Simplified Application Project (TSAP), which streamlines the SNAP application process and provides three years of benefits, instead of six-month periods.
For the rest of the beneficiaries, between 16 and 59 years of age, they must comply with a series of work rules to receive monthly benefits, and the beneficiary must prove that he or she is looking for work, or is in training in an approved work program, and if the person has a job he or she cannot quit without a good reason.
What are the SNAP payment dates in Texas?
In the state of Texas, payment dates are according to a set schedule, according to the last initial of your application, the Eligibility Determination Group (EDG), during the first 15 days of each month as shown in the following table:
- EDG ending in 0: deposited on the 1st of the month
- EDG ending in 1: deposited on the 3rd of the month
- EDG ending in 2: deposited on the 5th of the month
- EDG ending in 3 is deposited on the 6th of the month
- EDG ending in 4: deposit on the 7th of the month
- EDG ending in 5: deposited on the 9th of the month
- EDG ending in 6: deposited on the 11th of the month
- EDG ending in 7: deposit on the 12th of the month
- EDG ending in 8: deposited on the 13th of the month
- EDG ending in 9: deposited on the 15th of the month
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) explains to users that they can confirm the day they receive benefits in their award letter (TF0001), where the date is printed.
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