FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky will soon distribute the remaining SNAP benefits to nearly 600,000 residents after receiving federal guidance to restart the program following the government shutdown.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced that the state received guidance from the federal government on Thursday afternoon.

When can those benefits be expected? Beshear said their goal is by the middle of November.

"Certainly by the end of the month - I mean we're going to beat that. We're hoping to get it done as quickly as possible," Beshear said.

Beshear added that the distribution will be more complex than usual because Kentucky already processed partial benefits earlier this month after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP during the shutdown. This means some Kentuckia

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