The waiting game for federal food aid is finally over for the one in 10 Vermonters who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

After a vote by Congress Wednesday evening to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the Trump administration gave Vermont the go ahead Thursday to transfer the entirety of November’s monthly SNAP benefits to roughly 63,000 low-income recipients.

Miranda Gray, a deputy commissioner at the Department for Children and Families, said Vermonters who access their benefits with an Electronic Benefits Transfer card will receive the money by Friday. Recipients who get benefits via direct deposit will likely have to wait until Monday.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott said the resumption of SNAP benefits ends one of the most disruptive aspects of

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