From the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Missouri WIC families should continue to attend appointments and shop with their WIC cards until further notice. Missouri WIC is still working with USDA to determine the status of November WIC benefits. Last week, Governor Kehoe’s office said the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) announced that, due to the federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (USDA-FNS) has informed state agencies that November 2025 SNAP benefits cannot be issued. SNAP benefits are 100 percent federally funded, with each recipient receiving benefits from the federal government via their Electronic Benefit Transfer card. There is no mechanism for state appropriations to be transferred to cover this funding.