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Virginia is launching the Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance (VENA) program due to a federal government shutdown cutting off SNAP benefits.

VENA will provide weekly payments to current SNAP recipients, totaling their normal monthly benefit amount, but distributed in smaller, weekly increments.

The state-funded program is a temporary measure intended to last through November or until federal SNAP funding is restored.

With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits set to be cut off Nov. 1 because of the federal government shutdown, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has outlined the parameters of the Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance (VENA) program, a weekly initiative intended to feed Virginia families losing their SNAP benefits.

VENA benefits will be issued

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