The Pennsylvania food stamp schedule spreads SNAP deposits across the first ten business days of each month, and the last digit of your case record number sets your day. If your case number ends in 1, benefits load on the first business day. If it ends in 0, they load on the tenth. Weekends and state holidays are skipped, so the calendar date shifts month to month.1Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. SNAP Handbook – Appendix B: Payment Date Information and Schedules
Find Your Day by the Last Digit of Your Case Number
Every SNAP household in Pennsylvania has a case record number assigned by the Department of Human Services. Only the final digit matters for deposit timing:
- Ends in 1: 1st business day
- Ends in 2: 2nd business day
- Ends in 3: 3rd business day
- Ends in 4: 4th business day
- Ends in 5: 5th business day
- Ends in 6: 6th business day
- Ends in 7: 7th business day
- Ends in 8: 8th business day
- Ends in 9: 9th business day
- Ends in 0: 10th business day
Some counties run fewer than ten payment groups and combine several digits onto the same day, so your county may not follow the ten-day version exactly. DHS publishes a full calendar-year schedule with exact dates by month, and that document is the authoritative reference for your household.1Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. SNAP Handbook – Appendix B: Payment Date Information and Schedules
Where to Find Your Case Record Number
Your case record number is not the number printed on your EBT card. Look for it on official DHS correspondence, such as a Notice of Action letter. Once you know the last digit, the table above tells you which business day is yours every month.
How Business Days Change the Calendar Date
Business days run Monday through Friday, excluding state-observed holidays. The calendar date attached to each business day therefore moves with the month. When a month starts on a Wednesday, the first business day is the 1st and the fifth business day is the 7th. When a month opens on a Friday, the second business day slides to Monday, and every group after that shifts too. In months with holiday closures early on, the tenth business day can fall as late as the 14th or 15th.
The staggered spread exists because federal rules cap the gap between any two consecutive monthly deposits for the same household at 40 days.2eCFR. 7 CFR 274.2 – Providing Benefits to Participants Ten payment days keep Pennsylvania inside that window and prevent grocery stores and the EBT network from being overwhelmed on a single day.
When your scheduled day would land on a weekend or state holiday, the deposit typically moves to the preceding business day.
2026 State Holidays That Shift the Schedule
Pennsylvania observes the following holidays in 2026. Any of them can push your business-day count later in the month:3Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2026 Commonwealth Holiday Calendar
- New Year’s Day: January 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 19
- Presidents’ Day: February 16
- Memorial Day: May 25
- Juneteenth: June 19
- Independence Day (observed): July 3
- Labor Day: September 7
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 12
- Veterans Day: November 11
- Thanksgiving: November 26
- Day After Thanksgiving: November 27
- Christmas Day: December 25
January, July, and September holidays cause the most disruption because they hit while most payment groups are still waiting for their deposits. Rather than counting business days yourself and second-guessing whether a holiday closure was included, use the DHS payment schedule for the month in question. The holiday-adjusted dates are already baked in.1Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. SNAP Handbook – Appendix B: Payment Date Information and Schedules
Confirming Your Deposit Landed
Once your scheduled day arrives, you can verify the deposit several ways:
- The free ConnectEBT app shows balances, deposit dates, and recent transactions after you register with your card details.
- ConnectEBT.com offers the same features through a browser.
- Pennsylvania’s COMPASS portal at compass.dhs.pa.gov displays benefit status and case updates.4COMPASS. Welcome to COMPASS
- The EBT customer service line at 1-888-328-7366 reads your balance through an automated prompt once you enter your card number.
If your scheduled business day has passed and no deposit appears, contact your county assistance office. A missing deposit can point to a case action you weren’t aware of, a paperwork issue, or a delayed load rather than a date miscount, so it’s worth checking rather than waiting another day.
Protecting Benefits Between Deposits
EBT card skimming and phishing scams remain a real problem in Pennsylvania. Thieves attach devices to card readers or send fake texts asking cardholders to confirm a PIN. This matters more than it used to: federal authority to replace SNAP benefits stolen through electronic theft expired in December 2024 and has not been renewed, so stolen benefits are currently not being replaced.5Food and Nutrition Service. Addressing Stolen SNAP Benefits
A few habits reduce the risk. Change your PIN periodically, and change it again right before your deposit day if you suspect anyone has watched you enter it. Never share the PIN by text, email, or phone; DHS will not ask for it that way. Check your transaction history after every purchase, not just after each deposit. If you see charges you didn’t make, report them to the EBT helpline immediately and request a new card through the helpline or the ConnectEBT app. Freezing or replacing the card cuts off further theft even if the money already taken can’t be recovered under the current rules.
A Quick Worked Example
Say your case record number ends in 6. That puts you on the sixth business day of each month. In a month that starts on a Thursday with no early-month holiday, the first business day is that Thursday (the 1st), Friday is the 2nd business day, Monday is the 3rd, and your deposit lands on the following Thursday (the 8th of the month). Now take a month that starts on a Sunday and includes a Monday holiday in the first full week. The first business day is the following Tuesday, and by the time you count through to the sixth business day you’re deep into the second week. Same digit, same rule, different calendar date. That is why looking at the DHS monthly schedule is faster than counting.1Pennsylvania Department of Human Services. SNAP Handbook – Appendix B: Payment Date Information and Schedules
If Your Case Number Digit Doesn’t Seem to Match
Because some counties compress the schedule into fewer than ten groups, the digit-to-day rule above describes the statewide framework, not necessarily your county’s exact grouping. If your deposits have consistently arrived on a day that doesn’t match the digit table, your county is likely running a compressed schedule, and the DHS appendix will show which digits are combined. Call your county assistance office if the published schedule and your actual deposit history disagree; that’s a case-specific question a caseworker can answer directly.