NCDHHS to issue partial SNAP benefits as federal funding resumes

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice

Update: On the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 4, the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) reported that it has received guidance from the USDA to issue partial benefits for November to the nearly 1.4 million people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. NCDHHS is updating its payment system according to USDA’s specifications to prepare to issue benefits. If federal funding is provided this week as expected, NCDHHS expects all partial benefits to be loaded onto EBT cards by next week, so beneficiaries should check the balances on their cards often.

The NCDHHS added that SNAP serves more than 622,000 households in North Carolina including hard working fami

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