South Carolina's Department of Social Services announced that over 176,000 households who missed their food benefits for November due to a federal shutdown will receive them on Friday. The state distributes SNAP benefits on a rolling basis, so the shutdown did not block aid to all of the nearly 550,000 people the program helps feed. The law ending the shutdown included funding for the program through September 2026. The state's donation-supported emergency response fund will continue to accept money until all SNAP recipients have received their benefits.