States prepare to pay out full SNAP benefits amid shutdown

SNAP recipients should get their full monthly allocation of benefits amid the U.S. government shutdown.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced today that the Kansas Department for Children and Families has begun processing full November benefits to Kansans receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food Assistance.

The process to get benefits added to Kansas Benefits Cards (also called an EBT card) is underway and beneficiaries should have access to their benefits by the end of the day on Friday, Nov. 7.

“Kansans can rest assured that we are moving quickly to disburse full November SNAP benefits,” said Governor Laura Kelly. “I’m pleased that these benefits will be issued in full and I hope that it is a sign that the shutdown will end soon so Kansas families do not go through this uncertainty again in December.”

The Missouri Department of Social Services announced Friday that SNAP beneficiaries will receive their benefits by the middle of next week. This comes after updated guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service.

But President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full amount.