After more than a month of uncertainty and delayed benefits, SNAP beneficiaries will now begin to see their monthly benefits paid out, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has confirmed.

Why It Matters

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to end the nation's longest government shutdown, clearing the way for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to begin issuing payments again. Trump put his signature to the long-awaited bill hours after the House passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure on Monday.

Millions of households that rely on SNAP had been left in limbo for weeks as the shutdown, which lasted 43 days, stalled funding and created widespread confusion.

The program, which supports abo

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