Governor Greg Abbot announced Thursday that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will provide more than one million households approximately $202 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November. “We will continue to ensure Texans can provide nutritious food for their families throughout the COVID-19 response,” said Abbott. This month’s emergency allotments are in addition to nearly $1.5 billion provided in benefits to Texans since April and follows approval by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture for the Texas HHSC to extend the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on ...