Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won’t be issued for November if the government shutdown continues, Hamilton County Job and Family Services announced Thursday.
Benefits already in accounts won’t be impacted, and will stay in the account until they are spent, but new payments won’t be made for November unless the federal government shutdown ends, according to HCJFS.
The issue isn’t unique to Hamilton County or even Ohio: Scripps News reported that more than 40 million people nationwide are at risk of losing access to benefits that help them put food on the table…