Overview
- Following a House vote to end the 43-day shutdown, SNAP’s funding stream is restarting, yet many states have not said when full November benefits will load to EBT cards.
- The administration asked the Supreme Court to let it withhold $4 billion during the closure, and a ruling on that request is expected today, adding uncertainty to payment timing.
- Recipients reported steep cuts or no deposit at all for November, with local accounts ranging from $16 for the month to zero as states issued partial, uneven disbursements.
- Courts ordered limited use of contingency reserves and states scrambled to reprogram systems, producing the program’s first missed or reduced monthly payments in its six-decade history.
- People with disabilities are hit hard—about 20.4% of such households rely on SNAP—and nonprofits like YAI say they will cover food costs, budgeting up to $150,000 more each month until reimbursements resume.