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The USDA is providing states with about half the normal funding, requiring systems to be recalibrated.

Federal officials and the White House have indicated that payments will be delayed for weeks or months.

Food banks are preparing to assist but cannot fully cover the gap left by delayed SNAP benefits.

ATLANTA — The one in eight Georgians who rely on the government for food may have to wait for weeks to get their spending allotment on the cards they use to buy groceries.

In Georgia, deposits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, normally start arriving on the fifth of each month, rolling out on odd dates to recipients through the 23rd.

But on Wednesday, the 36th day of the government shutdown, a new record, one Atla

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