TENNESSEE (WDEF) — The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has announced that Food and Nutrition Service will begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November 2025 beginning Monday, November 17.

This comes following the end of the federal government shutdown and guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

USDA has directed states to return to using the traditional calculation tables that determine maximum SNAP payment amounts.

This will allow benefits to be issued at the normal amounts.

As a result, Tennessee SNAP recipients who received a partial November benefit will receive the remainder of their November benefit amount.

SNAP Recipients Can Expect:

SNAP households that previously received partial benefits will have th

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