Overview
- An internal USDA memo says the agency will not tap the roughly $6 billion SNAP contingency reserve for regular November benefits, leaving about 42 million people at risk of missing payments.
- The Food and Nutrition Service has told states to retain November issuance files and delay transmitting EBT records until further notice.
- Louisiana officials said no new benefits will be added after November 1 unless the federal government reopens, while agencies in Texas, New York, California, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., posted public warnings.
- Senator Josh Hawley introduced emergency legislation to restore SNAP and key farm programs during the shutdown, though no federal funding fix has been enacted.
- Despite broad warnings, a USDA-published schedule lists Florida SNAP deposit dates throughout November, underscoring confusion for recipients.