States Warn SNAP May Run Out by Nov. if Shutdown Lasts

States are warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will run out by the end of October if the government shutdown continues.

“SNAP benefits for November won’t be issued if the federal government shutdown continues past Oct. 27,” Texas’ Health and Human Services said on its website.

“The Department of Children, Youth, and Families has received notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services that if the federal government shutdown continues into November, there will not be enough funds to pay November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits,” Minnesota’s Department of Children, Youth and Families said Friday on its site.

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