The Arkansas Department of Human Services announced Thursday that full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November will be available as early as midnight.

Officials cited a revised guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued earlier in the day permitting the full delivery of benefits, the federal agency having previously directed states to issue 65% of maximum allotments through the use of contingency funds.

The state department “immediately began internal processes” to begin distributing benefits to SNAP recipients, according to a news release, with cards expected to be loaded “late tonight into tomorrow.”

“We are pleased that our beneficiaries will soon receive this important food assistance because we know that families all across our state depend on S

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