SNAP Recipients To Get February Benefits Early Due To Partial Shutdown

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Due to the ongoing partial government shutdown, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Maryland will receive their February benefits early.
February’s amount will be placed on EBT cards on Jan. 20.
These are not extra benefits, but the February benefits early.
SNAP is distributed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a result of the shutdown, new spending was halter.
SNAP was fully funded through January and the USDA found a resoluti