LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevadans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) should be receiving money shortly.
According to a news release from the Division of Social Services, it transmitted approximately $33 million in SNAP benefits to nearly 216,000 eligible households in the late hours of Thursday, Nov. 13.
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“DSS has been monitoring the shutdown closely,” said DSS Administrator Robert Thompson. “When DSS received word that partial benefits would be issued based on 65% of maximum SNAP benefit allotments, we immediately began working, under the full support from Governor Lombardo and his team, on system changes that would be needed to issue 100% SNAP benefits. This allowed us to quickly pivot and ensure benefits were loaded onto EBT cards as fast as possible.”
DSS said December benefits will be issued under the normal schedule…