Topline
Food stamp payouts will be distributed for most states within a day of the government reopening, USDA spokesperson Alec Varsamis told Forbes, providing a timeline for the return of benefits almost two weeks after they were first suspended amid a historic government shutdown poised to end Wednesday.
Key Facts
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Big Number
42 million. That is roughly how many people use SNAP, making up about 12% of the U.S. population.
Here’s When SNAP Benefits May Return
