The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services said it has started issuing payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after a two-week freeze.

Benefits are being paid in full "as quickly as possible" and should reach recipients by the end of the week, the government agency said Thursday. Residents can check their card balances in the Connect EBT app or on the state's website. MORE: City Council's bill to charge 10 cents for paper bags to become law despite lack of support from mayor

During the 43-day government shutdown, President Donald Trump and the Department of Agriculture said they wouldn't release the funds for SNAP until an end to the impasse. That left 2 million people in Pennsylvania, including 475,000 people in Philadelphia, without money to pay for groceri

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