PIERRE - The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) will be issuing the remainder of November SNAP benefits this week.

DSS began work processing cases over the weekend. Benefits will be loaded overnight and are expected to be available on Tuesday to the approximately 37,000 SNAP eligible households in South Dakota.

About $8 million in partial benefits were issued last week in accord with guidance from the Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS).  DSS is issuing the rest of the November benefits following the end of the federal shutdown. The two payments issued will equal the full November benefit amount for which a household has qualified.

December SNAP benefits are expected to be issued on schedule on December 10.

SNAP recipients can check their balances through the SNAP app or portal. Any updates will be posted on DSS’s website at dss.sd.gov and shared through its social media channels.