The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services received notice Friday afternoon that the United States Department of Agriculture will fully fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services 190,000 households in North Carolina received $16 or less Friday.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has paused plans to provide SNAP benefits during the ongoing government shutdown. NCDHHS said on Saturday it acknowledged a Friday decision by the U.

The distribution of SNAP benefits in North Carolina and nationwide has been put on pause following a Supreme Court decision, state health officials confirmed.

NCDHHS said Saturday that the remaining SNAP benefits for November could not be distributed over the weekend as initially planned.

The Trump administration told federal courts that it will tap into a contingency fund to distribute partial November payments.

As North Carolinians suffer from the impact of the government shutdown, including the loss of SNAP benefits, the state’s attorney general filed a lawsuit last week against the Trump administration. CBS 17 previously reported that the lawsuit against the U.

As a judge has ordered federal funding to continue for SNAP benefits, states are now working to send out that money.