The federal government shutdown ended by legislation signed on November 12, 2025. States must ensure the households receive their full SNAP allotment for November, 2025. Counties must resume normal operations for application processing, expedited service, and recertifications, and must meet application processing timeframes. The CalSAWS computer system consortium must also resume normal operations.
Overissuances for November 2025 must be processed as normal.
Counties must notify households of the issuance of November, 2025 in accordance with mass change noticing requirements.
The United States Department of Agriculture states that it will not hold states accountable for application processing or recertification timeliness for November, 2025. (ACL 25-82, November 20, 2025.)