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DES MOINES — The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is warning Iowans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits that November funds may not be issued onto SNAP cards as the federal government shutdown approaches its third week with no end in sight.

Iowa HHS on Friday afternoon issued a release alerting Iowa SNAP recipients that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, which oversees the program, directed all states not to issue November benefits if the government shutdown continues into next month.

“Iowa HHS is alerting Iowans who use SNAP that due to the federal shutdown continuing, there is a possibility that November benefits will not

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