Marin food aid recipients face federal benefit lapse

Some 15,500 people in Marin County will not receive their expected Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allocations on time because of the federal government shutdown.

SNAP, also known as CalFresh or food stamps, provides qualified applicants with a card that may be used like a debit card in participating grocery stores and farmers markets. The allotted funds for November will not be loaded onto their cards.

“Obviously, we’re extremely concerned,” said Kari Beuerman, assistant director of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services. “We have no idea how long this federal shutdown will continue. There is a chance that it could continue past November.”

The shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is already the second longest in the nation’s history, second only to the 35-day shutdown of 2018-2019 during the first Trump term. There was a 21-day shutdown during the Clinton administration and a 16-day closure during the Obama administration.

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