SNAP recipients in Ohio experienced a delay in the distribution of February emergency allotments of SNAP EBT benefits Tuesday due to an issue with the vendor, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services announced.
On Wednesday morning, ODJFS reported that the issue had been resolved and SNAP recipients should be seeing those benefits in their accounts.
The agency's SNAP EBT vendor informed them that they were experiencing a delay in the processing of February emergency allotments, ODJFS stated in a news release and Facebook post on Tuesday at about 5 p.m.
“We are working with the vendor to resolve the issue and ensure the February emergency allotments are distributed as quickly as possible,” ODJFS stated. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
News 5 received multiple calls from SNAP recipients Tuesday reporting that their February emergency allotments have not come through.
February will be the last month that extra SNAP benefits are distributed as Congress passed a law terminating the program after the issuance of February 2023 emergency allotments.
Watch our report from Monday about the end of these benefits:
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