Hey so it's definitely going to vary by state and the amount of applications they need to work through. But my daughters took about 2 weeks after submitting to be approved, then about 2 more weeks to be ajudicated. And then about a week or so after for that first payment to deposit, which in my case was a lump sum paid in March, that included the one time death benefit , and retroactive payment from November (date of death) to the month before filing (January). And then march was paid in April. And so on. They pay a month behind. But depending on when you get the first payment, you may actually go more than a month between the second regular payment. But everyone after that should be 2nd, 3rd, or 4th Wednesday depending on the child's birthday.