US EditionShapiro Says SNAP Payments Are Going Out to Pennsylvanians After Federal Ruling
Governor Shapiro criticized federal delays in SNAP benefits amid the longest shutdown, declared a disaster to release $5 million for food banks serving nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians.
- On Thursday, Governor Josh Shapiro visited the Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank in Luzerne County to update the response to stalled November SNAP payments caused by the federal shutdown, declaring a disaster to unlock $5 million in state aid.
- USDA officials have instructed states to use a complex, labor-intensive method that may delay payments for weeks or months during the federal government shutdown.
- Local food banks in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties received nearly $300,000 in emergency funds, providing over 300,000 meals as SNAP aids more than 111,000 people locally.
- Shapiro acknowledged the state cannot fully replace federal funding and urged residents and businesses to donate or volunteer, with at least $7 million mobilized including $2 million from the SNAP Emergency Relief Fund.
- With the state legislature stuck for 128 days and the U.S. Senate expected to return this weekend, a federal judge ordered USDA to release contingency funds while Pennsylvania joined 24 states suing the Trump Administration.
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