Shelves are stocked with canned food inside of a convenience store on Highway 28 near Fayette Thursday, September 6, 2018. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
Mississippi’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is being paused because of the federal government shutdown, the Mississippi Department of Human Services said Friday.
“No new SNAP benefits will be issued for November unless federal guidance changes,” the department said in a press release.