Almost 200,000 households in Nevada received partial food assistance benefits Wednesday, four days after a lapse in federal funding delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit payments across the country.

Nevada officials said $29 million in SNAP benefits were transmitted to more than 196,000 eligible households, following updated guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The benefits had been paused as the program funding lapsed during the ongoing federal government shutdown, but a federal court order directed Trump administration to issue partial payments.

Division of Social Services Administrator Robert Thompson said getting benefits onto recipients’ electronic benefit transfer, or EBT, cards “quickly is essential for Nevadans receiving SNAP.”

USDA guidance says

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