Despite the impending end of the federal government shutdown, Jefferson County is assessing local need for a possible food aid intervention in the wake of neighboring Butte-Silver Bow’s decision to provide emergency funding.
Some 77,000 Montanans who receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, including more than 700 county residents, struggled with uncertainty as the Trump Administration delayed SNAP funding during the shutdown.
Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services on Monday issued partial SNAP benefits, advising any recipients who had yet to receive the funds to call the EBT Cardholder Helpdesk at 1-866-850-1556 or visit www.mybnft.com.
