Editor’s Note: This article was updated Friday, Oct. 31, at 3:15 p.m. ET to reflect new updates to benefit payments.
There’s been a lot of talk as of late about millions of Americans possibly losing their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November due to the government shutdown. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly referred to as WIC, also faced a shutdown if funds ran out, though the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a statement saying it would use tariff revenue to fund WIC “for the foreseeable future,” according to USA Today.
