Hunter
10/20/25
SNAP recipients in Iowa have been warned that due to the federal government shutdown, their funds for November might be delayed.
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement that said in part, “Iowans who use SNAP have been alerted that due to the federal shutdown continuing, there is a possibility that November benefits will not be issued onto cards. Iowa received notification from the Food and Nutrition Service late last week directing the state, and all states nationwide, not to issue November benefits.”
The Gazette reports SNAP supports roughly 131,000 Iowa households per month. Thirty-two percent of SNAP recipients in Iowa are children,
The shutdown is in its 20th day, with Senate Democrats rejecting a stop-gap bill and saying they won’t budge until their demands are met on funding heath care benefit subsidies.