The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has started issuing partial payments to SNAP recipients based on guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Typically, about 716,000 Texans typically would have received SNAP payments by the 10th of the month, according to Propel. SNAP recipients have had to stretch their food budgets and make plans to adapt. The state’s food banks have called for help and cited runs on their supplies.

However, Texans have still not received their benefits. Missed SNAP payments from the beginning of the month are expected to be fully restored once the government shutdown concludes.

Effects of the pause will be especially widespread in Texas, which has the highest population of food insecure people in the country.

The legal wrangling could be moot if the U.S. House adopts and Trump signs legislation to quickly end the federal government shutdown.

The government shutdown means more than $600 million per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump money into state's economy.

Some Texans started receiving SNAP benefits on Monday after food assistance payments for November were delayed for more than a week as a result of the federal government shutdown. “SNAP clients who usually get their benefits between the 1st and 10th of the month will see partial benefits on their Lone Star Cards Nov.

After SNAP benefits were halted Saturday, the USDA reminded retailers they must comply with the Equal Treatment Rule, which bars special food discounts for SNAP/EBT customers.