Full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are being released by orders of the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) in the wake of the government reopening.
“It is about time Congress did their job to reopen the federal government. In Alabama, SNAP recipients were some of the most impacted during the shutdown period, and I am pleased that DHR will work to quickly provide normal, full benefits,” said Gov. Kay Ivey in a statement.
“Our state government in Alabama, as well as our local governments, do not operate in such a reckless way, and I hope Congress has learned from their failure to meet their responsibility to the people across the country.”
According to the statement DHR is transmitting the files to the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card vendors in order to place allotments on cards of clients whose issuance dates passed in November passed and to those who applied this month.
The statement added that it is believed that benefits will begin to be available on Thursday after the files are processed "provided there are no unforeseen problems."
Anyone whose issuance date was on Nov. 14 or later are expected to receive their benefits on the regular issuance day of the month.
“DHR is thrilled to be able to provide full benefits to SNAP recipients and help get food on the table for these Alabama families, especially in time to prepare for the upcoming holidays," said DHR Commissioner Nancy Buckner.
"The DHR SNAP team began processing files shortly after receiving the FNS notification; as a matter of fact, some clients should already see benefits on their cards. I am especially thankful to all the persons and entities that donated food and money to the many organizations across our state that stepped up to distribute food during this difficult time.”
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