{"id":199226,"date":"2025-11-07T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=199226"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:00:39","slug":"dewine-shares-important-snap-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/07\/dewine-shares-important-snap-update\/","title":{"rendered":"DeWine shares important SNAP update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; On Thursday, Governor Mike DeWine provided a series of updates on the State\u2019s ongoing efforts to support Ohio families being affected by the suspension of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__links-2D2.govdelivery.com_CL0_https-3A-252F-252Fjfs.ohio.gov-252Fabout-252Fcommunications-252Fnews-252Fodjfs-2Dreceives-2Dfederal-2Dguidance-2Don-2Dpartial-2Dnovember-2Dpayments-2Dfor-2Dsnap-2Drecipients_1_0101019a5a3f018c-2D5fe6884b-2D9ae3-2D441a-2D848f-2D9c26642914c8-2D000000_-5FxaL3yCyjh-5FS-5F3QBFWVLzSIOdkxvMCpGpLONEMvNbhQ-3D430&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=FC13PzDbVZ8qhVsUeHYgLJLYUVcrkfTA5q3JvQduqoI&amp;m=AgKQJ1B6jUPahHa6kSJ05wKSrlwnfEDiJsNcRkwIMIhnelQzTJnJBPUkgm_dMU0t&amp;s=KAAwTs9YRIj2sC-Wm91qOEMWE6Ehm1TxREVJOqU4nbE&amp;e=\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;this week that they had received new federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the possibility of providing partial SNAP benefits for the month of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the process of reviewing this guidance continues, ODJFS has reported to the Governor that, without an immediate resolution to the shutdown, SNAP benefits will not be available this week.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gov.-Mike-DeWine-headshot-1-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112244\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mike DeWine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With this understanding, Governor DeWine reaffirmed that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__links-2D2.govdelivery.com_CL0_https-3A-252F-252Fgovernor.ohio.gov-252Fmedia-252Fnews-2Dand-2Dmedia-252Fdewine-2Dmccolley-2Dhuffman-2Dtake-2Daction-2Dto-2Dsupport-2Dfood-2Dassistance-2Dduring-2Dfederal-2Dshutdown_1_0101019a5a3f018c-2D5fe6884b-2D9ae3-2D441a-2D848f-2D9c26642914c8-2D000000_JPBls2TzHPpCNDke8-5Fp1y713-5FVtXYZsXRByyrYDZ-2DrY-3D430&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;r=FC13PzDbVZ8qhVsUeHYgLJLYUVcrkfTA5q3JvQduqoI&amp;m=AgKQJ1B6jUPahHa6kSJ05wKSrlwnfEDiJsNcRkwIMIhnelQzTJnJBPUkgm_dMU0t&amp;s=2Yqvx6l8vVyY46P80ddlQgkCquVqW0KZ_UIILtNBo08&amp;e=\">the plan he announced last week<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 providing up to $25 million in support of food assistance to help families impacted by the suspension of SNAP benefits \u2013 continues to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistance for Food Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first part of the Governor\u2019s plan directed ODJFS to provide $7 million to regional food banks across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, the Governor announced that the state has transferred the following amounts to\u00a0 the regional food banks listed below, with each amount based on the food bank\u2019s percentage of customers in the SNAP caseload. The West Ohio Food Bank, which is based in Lima and serves 10 counties, including Van Wert, Paulding, Mercer and Putnam counties, is not on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Freestore Foodbank \u2013 $795,637.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greater Cleveland Food Bank \u2013 $1,170,837.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toledo Seagate Food Bank \u2013 $570,937.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mid-Ohio Food Collective \u2013 $1,440,337.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shared Harvest Food Bank \u2013 $1,431,937.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank \u2013 $887,337.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley \u2013 $427,437.50<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio \u2013 $275,537.50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assistance for Extremely Low-Income Families with Children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Governor\u2019s plan also directs ODJFS to provide up to $18 million in emergency relief benefits to more than 63,000 Ohioans \u2013 including more than 57,000 children \u2013 who are at or below 50 percent of the federal poverty level. These individuals are recipients of Ohio Works First (OWF) \u2013 a program that provides needed assistance for extremely low-income families with children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should the shutdown continue for the entire month of November, the Governor\u2019s plan would effectively double the monthly OWF benefit for OWF recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Governor\u2019s plan, these families are set to receive their typical monthly OWF allotment, plus an additional weekly benefit equaling 25 percent of their typical monthly OWF allotment. The weekly payments will last up to four weeks or until federal SNAP funding resumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; On Thursday, Governor Mike DeWine provided a series of updates on the State\u2019s ongoing efforts to support Ohio families being affected by the suspension of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)&nbsp;announced&nbsp;this week that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 21:41:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199227,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199226\/revisions\/199227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}