Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been fully restored to Nevadans, the state’s Division of Social Services (DSS) announced Friday.

The money for food assistance was sent to SNAP recipients late Thursday, DSS said, one day after President Donald Trump signed legislation to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history.

The shutdown’s freeze on federal funding cut off access to November SNAP benefits, which are sent every month to more than 500,000 Nevadans. 

Legal challenges and mixed messaging from the Trump administration had prompted confusion about how much financial assistance for groceries would be released as the shutdown dragged on.

A federal judge ruled in late October that the U.S. Department of Agriculture needed to provide SNAP benefits, either in part or in full, by tapping a $5 billion federal contingency fund. That decision was prompted by a lawsuit brought by more than two dozen states, including Nevada’s Attorney General Aaron Ford, a Democrat.

The resulting legal fight reached the Supreme Court and resulted in the Trump administration accusing states of acting illegally if they sent SNAP recipients full November benefits.

Nevada was not one of the states that sent recipients full benefits before the shutdown ended. Partial benefits were released to most of Nevada’s SNAP recipients on Nov. 5 and again on Nov. 11.

To fill gaps resulting from the SNAP pause, the state in late October authorized nearly $40 million in emergency funds for Nevada’s two main food banks, Three Square and the Food Bank of Northern Nevada. That money was already sent to the food banks and will continue to support expanded food distribution services this month.

SNAP benefits are at least temporarily protected. The spending bill that ended the shutdown provided federal funding for SNAP benefits for at least a year, guaranteeing food assistance will be released even if the government shuts down again before September 2026.