ALERT: SCDSS To Issue Full November Food Assistance Benefits on Friday with Federal Government Reopening
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ALERT: SCDSS To Issue Full November Food Assistance Benefits on Friday with Federal Government Reopening
November 13- Today, the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) is publicly announcing the agency has received instructions to begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November.
On November 12, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (“FY26 Appropriations Act”) that provides funding for the SNAP program, including November 2025 benefits, through the current federal fiscal year ending on September 30, 2026.
Based on guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Thursday, November 13th, SCDSS will issue full SNAP benefits for the month of November 2025 to approved and qualified households.
· SNAP benefits for November 2025 will be available on EBT cards on Friday, November 14th for the following groups:
a) Newly approved SNAP households whose benefits were authorized between October 16th and November 13th.
b) SNAP households with a monthly issuance date between the 1st and the 14th.
· SNAP households whose monthly issuance date falls between the 15th and the 19th will receive their November benefit on their regularly scheduled issuance date.
SNAP households are encouraged to proactively protect their SNAP benefits by locking their EBT cards when not in use, change PIN numbers frequently, and turn off the ability to use EBT cards for out-of-state purchases. SNAP fraud reminders can be found here. SCDSS continues to have no mechanism or funding to replace EBT benefits that are electronically stolen, as already announced by the agency on December 20, 2024.
As more information is released, SCDSS will share updates to the agency’s website and social media channels:
DSS Website: dss.sc.gov
X: x.com/sc_dss
Facebook: facebook.com/SouthCarolinaDSS
YouTube: youtube.com/@dssmediarelations3341
The agency encourages the public to seek information from trusted, verified sources and news outlets instead of speculation on social media.
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