US EditionJudge orders Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November by Friday
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ordered full November SNAP funding to aid 42 million recipients amid a government shutdown and legal disputes over emergency funds.
- A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November's food assistance benefits by Friday.
- Judge John J. McConnell Jr. stated, 'The record is clear that the administration did neither' in regard to funding shortages.
- McConnell emphasized that USDA 'cannot now cry that it cannot get timely payments to beneficiaries for weeks or months because states are not prepared to make partial payments.'
- McConnell described delays in payments as 'simply unacceptable' and required updates from the Trump administration on efforts to fund the program.
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CalFresh benefits for November are being restored, says Santa Cruz County
CalFresh food benefits are now being loaded onto users’ EBT cards, after being delayed for days by the Trump administration amid an ongoing federal shutdown, Santa Cruz County said Friday. “It is our understanding that beneficiaries of overdue benefits have started receiving the benefits, and that those benefit levels are 100% of the amount. We are told that those who receive their allocation later in the month will see those allocations at 100%…
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SNAP benefits flowing in Pennsylvania, Shapiro says
Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Friday that his administration is taking quick action to immediately issue November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to Pennsylvanians who have missed a payment, consistent with a federal court’s ruling Thursday requiring the Trump administration to release 100 percent of SNAP funds for all recipients nationwide. As of Friday afternoon, those payments were already being processed and loaded on…
Pa. begins distributing SNAP benefits as Shapiro offers rebuke of Vance, tells Trump administration to ‘give up’ fight
PHILADELPHIA — About $100 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits started reaching Pennsylvanians Friday in a major victory for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration. Shapiro, at a news conference Friday at North Philadelphia’s Share Food, credited Department of Human Services…
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