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Essex County social services explains state-funded SNAP payments during federal shutdown
Summary
The county's director of social services told a joint town hall that Virginia allocated $150 million in state general funds to deliver weekly supplemental food payments during the federal government shutdown; rollout depends on vendor readiness and there is no federal reimbursement guarantee.
Candace, the county's director of social services, told a joint town hall on Oct. 27 that Virginia has declared a state of emergency and allocated $150,000,000 in general funds to provide supplemental food payments to SNAP households while the federal government is shut down. "November SNAP benefits will not go out [in the usual monthly schedule]," she said, explaining the state plan is to pay recipients a weekly supplemental amount until federal operations resume.
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