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SNAP payment schedule

Pennsylvania SNAP payment schedule

Pennsylvania issues SNAP over roughly the first 10 business days of the month. Your county and the last digit of your 7-digit case record number set your payment-day cycle (countyCycles: 16 counties, including Philadelphia and Allegheny, use all ten cycles; the rest use one cycle for everyone or split digits 1-5 and 6-0). The date for each cycle in each month is DHS's published date (cycleDates, from PA/FS 855 for 2026 and 2027); it usually equals the Nth business day but not always (e.g. November 2026 cycles 1-3 are all on Nov 2; March 2027 starts on Mar 2; December 2027 starts on Dec 2).

Schedule

Based on: county of residence + last digit of the 7-digit case record number, which sets a payment-day cycle (1-10); the calendar date of each cycle in each month comes from DHS's annual Cash and SNAP Payment Issuance Schedule (PA/FS 855)

Ten-cycle counties: Allegheny, Blair, Bucks, Cambria, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, York

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1payment cycle 1
2payment cycle 2
3payment cycle 3
4payment cycle 4
5payment cycle 5
6payment cycle 6
7payment cycle 7
8payment cycle 8
9payment cycle 9
0payment cycle 10

Cumberland, Franklin, Lackawanna, Mercer counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1–5payment cycle 1
6–9payment cycle 7
0payment cycle 7

Berks, Clinton, Lawrence, Lycoming, Monroe counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1–5payment cycle 4
6–9payment cycle 9
0payment cycle 9

Centre, Washington counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1–5payment cycle 5
6–9payment cycle 7
0payment cycle 7

Clearfield, Jefferson, Luzerne counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1–5payment cycle 6
6–9payment cycle 10
0payment cycle 10

Westmoreland County

If yours isBenefits arrive on
1–5payment cycle 6
6–9payment cycle 8
0payment cycle 8

Bedford, Butler, Greene, Tioga, Warren counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 2

Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Potter, Snyder counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 3

Armstrong, Elk, Fulton, Juniata, Perry, Venango counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 4

Adams, Clarion, Mifflin counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 5

Huntingdon, Lebanon, McKean, Pike counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 6

Cameron, Montour, Sullivan counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 7

Bradford, Crawford, Forest, Union, Wyoming counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 8

Northumberland, Somerset, Susquehanna, Wayne counties

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 9

Indiana County

If yours isBenefits arrive on
Everyonepayment cycle 10

Cycle dates

CycleOctober 2026November 2026December 2026
1Oct 1Nov 2Dec 1
2Oct 2Nov 2Dec 2
3Oct 5Nov 2Dec 3
4Oct 6Nov 3Dec 4
5Oct 7Nov 4Dec 7
6Oct 8Nov 5Dec 8
7Oct 9Nov 6Dec 9
8Oct 13Nov 9Dec 10
9Oct 14Nov 10Dec 11
10Oct 15Nov 12Dec 14

Weekends and holidays

Payment days are counted in business days, excluding weekends and holidays (FNS: 'first 10 business days of the month (excludes weekends and holidays)'). Benefits are posted to the EBT account by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled payment date (PA SNAP Handbook 580.2). Exact dates are set in DHS's annual payment schedule (PA/FS 855).

Official source

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Income Maintenance

Checked Wednesday, October 7, 2026. All states · Other payment dates.