November food assistance benefits (SNAP) started being released to people in Washington state on Thursday, according to the DSHS.

The nearly 1 million Washington residents and 130,000 Idahoans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should still expect to tighten their belts this November as even a judicial

The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing benefits to 42 million food insecure Americans, including critical nutrition and aid to the Women, Infants and Children program.

Ferguson criticized President Donald Trump’s “callous social media statement” on the subject, in which the president claimed that SNAP benefits increased by billions of dollars under Joe Biden’s administration and were “haphazardly ‘handed’ to anyone for the asking.”

The Senate advanced a bipartisan deal late Sunday to end the record-breaking government shutdown, overcoming the biggest procedural hang-up that has been used to keep Uncle Sam’s lights off

Around half of the more than 500,000 Washington households who rely on SNAP benefits have received assistance for November, according to the Washington State De

Data from March 2025 shows that 903,541 Washingtonians received SNAP benefits in that month, which is 11.2% of the state’s population.

Delayed SNAP payments are hitting people's accounts after federal judges required the Trump administration to fully fund the program through November.