US EditionSNAP Has Provided Grocery Help for 60-Plus Years; Here's How It Works
Two federal judges ruled to continue partial SNAP funding from a $5 billion contingency fund despite a payment freeze starting Nov. 1, aiding nearly 42 million recipients.
- President Donald Trump's administration announced last week it would freeze SNAP payments starting Nov. 1, citing inability to use about $5 billion in contingency funds amid a monthlong shutdown.
- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program serves nearly 42 million Americans, many of whom are families with children and recipient households with employed members.
- Benefits load onto electronic benefits transfer cards, with the average monthly benefit per household about $350 and per person about $190, based on the designated calculation using 30% of remaining income.
- On Friday, two federal judges ruled the federal government must continue to fund SNAP at least partially using contingency funds, and officials expect an appeal with a one to two weeks restart timeframe.
- The federal government is allowing states to apply to limit SNAP purchases, and a dozen states including 11 Republican-controlled plus Colorado have permission to bar soft drinks, candy, and some energy drinks.
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SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here’s how it works
By MARGERY BECK and GEOFF MULVIHILL The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. Related Articles With fragile Gaza ceasefire holding, Trump wants to make headway on Indonesia-Israel normalization Jim McGreevey is back on the ballot, 21 years after scandal led him to resign as New J…
Data: 52,419 got $10.5M in SNAP last month in Northeast Tennessee
GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — More than 50,000 Northeast Tennesseans benefited from federal SNAP disbursements in September, with the total issuance amounting to $10,489,278. Those figures come from Tennessee's Department of Human Services and were provided by Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee in a news release about the upcoming activation of its emergency SNAP plan. MORE: Second Harvest to activate emergency SNAP plan & start mass fo…
Since Saturday, the Department of Agriculture said funds have been exhausted for this month’s profits, which it said amount to about $9.5 billion. A store shows a sign that accepts EBT for grocery purchases from the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on October 30, 2025 in New York. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The Trump administration has said it will not provide funds for SNAP because it must fund salaries and benefits for m…
SNAP has provided grocery help for 60-plus years; here’s how it works - Regional Media News
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 Americans, to help buy groceries. Originally known as the food stamp program, it has existed since 1964, serving low-income people, many of whom have jobs but don’t make enough money to cover all the basic costs of living. Public attention has focused on the program since President Donald Trump’s admin…
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