Dan Carden

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits won't be issued in November because Congress has not yet approved the necessary spending legislation and Republican President Donald Trump is declining to tap a SNAP contingency fund intended to cover the cost of federal food assistance in an emergency.

In Indiana, there were 273,867 households, consisting of 571,594 adults and children (about 8% of the state's population), that received a total of $111.5 million in SNAP benefits in September. That averages out to $195 per person for an entire month's worth of food, or $6.50 per day, according to the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.

Indiana SNAP recipients must be U.S. citizens or legally present in the country; reside in Indiana; typically wo

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