BISMARCK, N.D. ( North Dakota Monitor ) — North Dakota has enough money to keep paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits in November if the federal government remains shut down, but the state is unable to load the funds onto people’s electronic payment cards, state officials said Tuesday.

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services is warning the public that SNAP benefits will be paused Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues past Oct. 31.

Interim Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor said the state is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, but so far has been unable to find a solution, even if the state provides the funding.

“The cards won’t actually work, even if we have the money as a state, which we do, to ba

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