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 SNAP recipients who typically receive their benefits between April
1st and April 10th will receive their benefits according to their
regular schedule. SNAP recipients who typically receives their
benefits after the 10th of the month, will receive their April
benefits on April 10th. May benefits will return to the regular
schedule.
“The federal shutdown earlier this year took a toll on Illinois
families,” said IDHS Secretary Designate Grace B Hou. “While we were
able to maintain operations at the state level and still provide
benefits to our customers, February SNAP benefits were issued early
as a result. This created a potential long gap in between monthly
SNAP issuances. We’ve created a plan to schedule April benefits
early for some of our customers, so they don’t have to wait too long
in between their benefits.”
SNAP is a federal program administered by the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and distributed through IDHS in Illinois. Because of the way
the USDA funded SNAP during the federal shutdown, February benefits
were issued in January.
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To reduce the time in between monthly SNAP issuances, IDHS
created a new SNAP issuance schedule for March and April.
There is no need for customers to visit the local IDHS offices or call their
caseworkers. IDHS staff will be working in the upcoming days to implement the
necessary changes to issue some SNAP benefits early. Customers will receive the
normal amount of monthly SNAP benefits on their Link cards, the debit-like cards
used to spend SNAP benefits and other cash assistance.
IDHS will be working to communicate the new issuance dates to SNAP customers
through the IDHS website, Link website and phone line, a social media campaign
and community outreach.
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