Using SNAP Benefits In Boise? Get Ready For A Delay

You'll want to keep reading if you or someone you know receives SNAP benefits in Idaho, as you're about to be in for a pretty big shock that could affect you and your family.

What's happening with SNAP benefits in Idaho?

Unfortunately, they're about to be temporarily delayed for residents in Idaho due to the current federal government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service announced SNAP benefits will begin being paused in November, untel the government does it's thing again.

This will not affect:

• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, benefits
• Social Security
• Medicaid

You can get ongoing, updated information on your SNAP benefits here, to stay up to date. This is an ongoing situation, so you're going to want to be privy to the details.

If you're looking for help with providing food for your family, there are hundreds of locations in Idaho that are ready and willing to help. You can check out that list here.

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Want to help those in need? Your local food pantry is always looking for assistance to provide for the less fortunate. Here's a good starting point:

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In lighter news, we'd like to shout out a shout out. Assuming that's a thing, of course.

Recently, comedian Bert Kreischer had a lot of love to show for an Idaho food truck, and, well, we're finding it hard to disagree!

Shout out to BK for showing love for Idaho, and our amazing food scene. If ya don't know, now ya know.