Food assistance benefits will load onto EBT cards Monday, November 17th.
Benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) were halted on November 1. The shutdown of the federal government meant the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had no access to its regular funds for the program.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced Monday that “Tennessee SNAP recipients who received a partial November benefit will receive the remainder of their November benefit amount.”
Here’s what the agency said Tennesseans should expect:
“SNAP households that previously received partial benefits will have the remaining benefit amount added to their EBT card beginning Monday, November 17.
“Households that have not yet received any November benefits should expect to receive their full benefit amount in the coming days.
“Customers who typically receive benefits on the 18th, 19th, or 20th of the month will receive their November benefits on their usual date.
“Additionally, December SNAP benefits will be issued in full on customers’ normal date.”
Information resources:
SNAP recipients can use the One DHS Customer Portal to view the latest case details here.
SNAP customers can also use the ebtEDGE app or Cardholder Portal to check their benefit amounts by visiting here. To download the app or log into the Cardholder Portal go here.
For any additional information, recipients are encouraged to visit the TDHS website here.
The USDA had millions in supplemental SNAP funding for emergency situations like the shutdownm, but President Donald Trump fought efforts to use that money, effectively cutting off grocery funds for millions of Americans.
In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee refused to tap into the state’s $2 billion rainy day fund to help the nearly 170,000 Tennesseans on the SNAP program. While on a state business trip to Asia, he said the state simply did not have the funding mechanism to load money onto EBT cards. Lee eventually released $5 million to temporarily help food banks.
