The USDA says November’s SNAP funds will not be distributed
Next month, around 11,000 Washtenaw County households will face increased food insecurity when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspends November payment for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as a result of the “ongoing federal government funding lapse.”
About 5,000 of these Washtenaw County households include children.
The SNAP program is funded by the USDA and is administered and operated locally by each state. In Michigan, the Department of Health and Human Services (MDHSS) receives the federal dollars from the USDA, determines eligibility, and distributes payments by way of electronic benefit transfers, otherwise known as EBT cards…