November 13, 2025
When are you getting your SNAP benefits now that the government is officially back open?
Well – the Agriculture Department issued this notice to all states and all households today. And it says “state agencies must take immediate steps to ensure households receive their full November allotments promptly. The reduction in maximum allotments for November is no longer in effect.” That means your November SNAP payment will be paid in full. So if you’ve received nothing yet, you’ll get your full payment. If you’ve received a partial payment then you’ll get the balance. All the partial payments and stop and start of payments that we’ve seen over the last few weeks is over.
The notice goes on to say that December’s SNAP payment should go out as regularly scheduled too. And if you applied for SNAP after the 15th of the month the USDA says state agencies “should immediately resume issuing combined allotments for November and December for newly certified applicants.”
Now – just because the federal government has released these payments does not necessarily mean you’ll see them on your EBT cards today. I’ve heard anecdotal stories of people getting some or all of their November payments already – but if you haven’t received anything yet or just a partial payment so far – then when you get the full payment or the remainder will depend on your state.
Once the payment is released from the federal government the payment goes to your state. Then your state delegates those payments to contractors who physically put that money onto your EBT card. For some states that process is seamless and moves very quickly. And for other states with old and clunky systems, it may take a little longer.
Now – one more important piece of information you need to know. In the bill they passed last night, and Trump signed into law to reopen the government, congress fully funded snap benefits through the rest of the fiscal year which is September 30th. That means even if for some reason the government shuts down again anytime between now and then – we won’t be going through this funding fiasco with SNAP again.
Read the notice from USDA here.
