The government shutdown is over , but many people in Pennsylvania are still waiting for their food assistance benefits.

According to officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, SNAP recipients should receive their full November benefits by the weekend.

"Those SNAP benefits are rolling out today," Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday. "I would expect really over these 24 hours for folks to see their SNAP cards fully loaded."

Brian Freeman is a SNAP recipient in Philadelphia. On Thursday afternoon, he was at the Philadelphia Unemployment Project office using a computer to apply for jobs. Freeman still had not received his November payments and said the $7 left in his account was from October.

"Just being able to know that I have money for food stamps so

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