Overview
- Following congressional action to reopen the government, the Agriculture Department directed state agencies to take immediate steps to deliver full November SNAP allotments.
- Oklahoma’s human services agency says eligible households should see full benefits within about 48 hours and no recipient action is required.
- Ohio reports it is calculating full amounts for those who received partial payments and sending files to its EBT vendor for those with no payment yet, though no issuance date is set.
- Axios reports several states already issued full November benefits or used state funds earlier, and some temporary state-funded aid in places like Louisiana and Vermont will not be reclaimed.
- EBT processing may lag because only two companies handle nationwide issuances, which experts say could stretch deposits from a day or two to as much as a week in some states.