Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will resume normal payment schedules in December after more than a month of chaos caused by the government shutdown.

But when will you get yours?

Why It Matters

SNAP payments provide food assistance benefits to some 42 million low- and no-income Americans each month.

The 43-day shutdown left millions of SNAP recipients unsure when or whether they would receive benefits on time. After the administration said November payments wouldn’t go out, the program became entangled in lawsuits and conflicting court rulings.

As a result, s tates delivered benefits inconsistently —with some issuing full payments, others partial, and some none at all.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a funding bill ending the shutdown and allow

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