Workers in the warehouse of Harvest Hope Food Bank pictured Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
COLUMBIA — South Carolinians who missed out on their grocery assistance for November should receive their benefits Friday, according to the state Department of Social Services.
More than 176,000 households in the state didn’t get their food benefits this month because of a 43-day federal shutdown that ended late Wednesday night. After funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program stopped Nov. 1, states scrambled to figure out how to feed millions of low-income people who usually rely on the benefits, commonly called food stamps…