LORAIN, Ohio — A week after the government reopened, some families in Northeast Ohio are still feeling the effects of the shutdown. Some tell News 5 they’re still waiting for the SNAP benefits that were interrupted in November.

“It’s rough. It’s really, really rough,” said Patricia Sexton.

The Lorain mother of two reached out to News 5 on Thursday to report she and others she knows hadn’t received their November allotment.

“It is heartbreaking,” she said, pulling up the EBT app on her phone. “This is where they tell you to look for updates and to watch. And every day that you open it and you look at it and it says $1.83, you don’t feel like it’s ever coming.”

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Sexton said her family gets about $600 on the 12th of each month and can usually stretch the money to cover mo

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