{"id":6297,"date":"2025-10-17T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/snap-benefits-on-pace-to-run-out-in-two-weeks-if-shutdown-persists-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:04:28","slug":"snap-benefits-on-pace-to-run-out-in-two-weeks-if-shutdown-persists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/snap-benefits-on-pace-to-run-out-in-two-weeks-if-shutdown-persists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54392971083_6a04f0b70f_6k-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. (Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. (Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/funding-courts-question-congress-stuck-shutdown-gridlock-day-16\" target=\"_blank\">nowhere near negotiating<\/a>, state officials are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newhampshirebulletin.com\/2025\/10\/15\/nh-officials-fear-snap-funding-wont-come-amid-government-shutdown-over-democrats-funding-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\">beginning<\/a> to raise concerns of potential cuts to nutrition assistance benefits that feed millions if the government isn\u2019t reopened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Minnesota has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/minnesota-halts-new-snap-enrollments-due-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\">halted<\/a> new enrollments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. And officials in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/kansans-may-not-receive-food-assistance-payments-november-if-federal-shutdown-continues\" target=\"_blank\"> Kansas<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/nh-officials-fear-snap-funding-wont-come-amid-government-shutdown-over-democrats-funding\" target=\"_blank\">New Hampshire<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/nm-snap-benefits-november-threatened-due-shutdown-hca-secretary-says\" target=\"_blank\">New Mexico<\/a> have warned their residents could miss their food assistance payments for November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More than 42 million Americans rely on the program, which the U.S. Department of Agriculture administers. The federal government funds nearly all the program benefits, with states administering the program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned Thursday that SNAP will run out of funds in two weeks if Congress fails to strike a deal and end the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou\u2019re talking about millions and millions of vulnerable families of hungry families that are not going to have access to these programs because of this shutdown,\u201d she said outside the White House Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA could not be reached for comment Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA has directed regional SNAP directors to stop working on benefits for November, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/f5\/80\/bc6534ea40138384f2dd885c83c5\/snap-november-2025-issuance-file-guidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">an Oct. 10 letter obtained by Politico,\u00a0<\/a>written by the program\u2019s acting associate administrator, Ronald Ward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cConsidering the operational issues and constraints that exist in automated systems, and in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are forced to direct States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State EBT vendors until further notice,\u201d Ward wrote. \u201cThis includes on-going SNAP benefits and daily files.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/nutrition-program-women-infants-and-children-stay-afloat-through-end-month\" target=\"_blank\">shuffled more than $300 million<\/a> in tariff revenue into the agency\u2019s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, through the rest of the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The shutdown started Oct. 1 after Congress failed<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/funding-courts-question-congress-stuck-shutdown-gridlock-day-16\" target=\"_blank\"> to find a bipartisan path forward<\/a> on a stopgap spending bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senate Democrats have pushed for negotiations to extend the enhanced tax credits that are set to expire at the end of the year for people who buy their health insurance from the Affordable Care Act marketplace.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Republicans have insisted on passing the House\u2019s version of the stopgap funding bill that does not address insurance premiums.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. 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WASHINGTON \u2014 As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders\u00a0nowhere near negotiating, state officials are\u00a0beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/snap-benefits-on-pace-to-run-out-in-two-weeks-if-shutdown-persists-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A shopper who receives SNAP benefits slides an EBT card at a checkout counter in a Washington, D.C., grocery store in December 2024. 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