COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio families who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not receive their benefits this week because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Meanwhile, the state has now sent aid to food banks, but it is a fraction of what the state would normally pay out in SNAP benefits.

An announcement Thursday from Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio’s Department of Job and Family Services is still working to recalculate SNAP benefits after getting new federal guidance.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will send partial payments — about 50% of normal benefits — after a federal court ordered the agency to do so.

Benefits for this month normally would have been distributed to SNAP recipients from Nov. 2 through Nov. 20 -- about $14.5 million a d

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