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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none'>Ohio Taking Steps to Distribute Full November SNAP Benefits Next Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'><b>JFS Press Release <br>November 14, 2025</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announced today that the agency is working to complete the distribution of full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by mid-next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>This comes after <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjfs.ohio.gov%2Fabout%2Fcommunications%2Fnews%2FOhio-Receives-Federal-Guidance-on-Restoring-Full-November-SNAP-Benefits/1/0100019a8429b181-cef74ddb-3228-48f4-ab3e-ddc280808ce6-000000/3LlA5DslzcBY_Loyg42ntdoFaWQx_a8LTKSMk6-gz6E=431">guidance provided yesterday</a> by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), directing ODJFS to ensure Ohio SNAP recipients receive their full November benefits now that the federal government shutdown has come to an end. Earlier this week, Ohio processed partial payments for eligible households under previous FNS guidance issued during the shutdown.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>Ohio has begun the process of calculating the full benefit households should have received in November. It will then deduct the partial amount already paid. Over the weekend, ODJFS will begin testing to ensure the accuracy of payments. Once testing is successful, authorization for those amounts will be transmitted early next week to Ohio’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) vendor to issue to recipients through their Ohio Direction (EBT) card.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>The total amount each household receives will be their full November benefit minus any partial payments already received. Because of the number of recipients receiving benefits, it could take a couple of days to process and disburse those benefits. Recipients will receive their benefits next week, regardless of their usual issuance date, which normally runs through the 20<sup>th</sup> of each month.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>Benefits are accessed through the recipient’s Ohio Direction (EBT) card and recipients are encouraged to check their balances through their Connect EBT app, or Ohio Benefits Self Service Portal.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>ODJFS will provide an update on the progress of this effort on its website, <a href="https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fjfs.ohio.gov%2Fhelp-center%2F2025-federal-government-shutdown/1/0100019a8429b181-cef74ddb-3228-48f4-ab3e-ddc280808ce6-000000/xXrygzvt4Iasth-r4n00NtLbckwpYbXAjQd5_3MPAgo=431">jfs.ohio.gov</a>, early next week.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The normal distribution of SNAP benefits is expected to resume in December<span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Suzanne M. Hartfield Turner</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ohio Legislative Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cleveland Chapter, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:24.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>P: (216) 990-6199<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>W: NFBOhio.ORG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ohiosblind/photos/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://www.facebook.com/ohiosblind/photos/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>