Emergency funds were dispersed to LBCC students registered for SNAP benefits on Monday, and are set to receive $150 by Wednesday.
Any student who had SNAP benefits according to their 2025-2026 FAFSA application will receive the disbursement, appearing like any other financial aid payment through BankMobile or directly to the student’s linked bank account.
The disbursement comes after the now-ended government shutdown that paused SNAP benefits for the month of November.
Dr. Nohel Corral, LBCC’s executive vice president of student affairs, shared that the emergency aid went out to a little over 3,000 students, amounting to over $400,000 disbursed.
“We understand our students have been negatively impacted by the shutdown, … We’re having challenges (quickly turning around meal cards), we did have some emergency funds through financial aid that we were able to disperse to students,” Corral said.
The one-time disbursement was a way to be able to send money sooner to students who were impacted by the SNAP cut.
Looking forward to December, Corral said that additional support in the Viking Vault will be implemented this month, and carry over to December in anticipation of student needs.
“We should see additional support in our food pantries in addition to increases in certain purchase orders that we have with vendors, like Everytable,” Corral said.
Eligible students can still request extra free food gift cards through the form sent out by Basic Needs in the disbursement announcement email.
