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Virginia SNAP substitute to roll out weekly through November

Dubbed Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance, or VENA, the newly-created program is expected to send money to SNAP beneficiaries’ Electronic Benefit Transfer cards starting on Nov. 3

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces the creation of the Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance program, a state-level food assistance program that can operate amid an ongoing federal government shutdown that’s placed the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on pause, on Oct. 28, 2025 in Richmond. (Photo by Charlotte Rene Woods/Virginia Mercury)

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