US EditionTrump administration asks for emergency pause on judge's order to fully fund SNAP
- On Nov. 5, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told states SNAP recipients will receive at most 65% of typical assistance in November, with a family of four capped at $646 and a single person at $193.
- With the contingency fund limited to $5 billion to $6 billion, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said full November benefits would cost $8 billion, while USDA Deputy Under Secretary Patrick Penn wrote maximum allotments will be reduced by 35% to deplete the fund.
- In 48 states and Washington, D.C., normal maximum SNAP benefits for single- and five-person households are $298 and $1,183, with higher allotments in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and the Virgin Islands.
- Two federal judges ordered USDA on Oct. 31 to use the contingency fund, and the Justice Department said it `realized this error` and provided states new guidance for adjusted benefits Tuesday.
- Community FoodBank of New Jersey President & CEO Elizabeth McCarthy urged sharing resources, and Stacy Smith said, `We had a client that came in and was afraid she'd have to go back to eating cat food,' amid immediate hardship.
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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump admin to avoid fully funding SNAP payments for now
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Judge grants Trump admin's appeal to block SNAP court order after Ferguson confirms rollout
Around 6:30 p.m. Friday, the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the government shutdown, The Associated Press reported. The judge gave the administration until Friday to make the payments through SNAP, but the administration asked the appeals court to suspend any court orders requiring it to spend more money than i…
Trump admin seeks to block full SNAP payments for November
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. A U.S. district judge had given the administration until Friday to make the payments through…
With SNAP in crisis, America's epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
The government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history, is making it much less likely that many Americans will have enough food to eat this month. Last week, before the funds for federal grocery benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ran out due to the shutdown, district court judge John McConnell ordered the Trump administration to use contingency funding to keep SNAP flowing for the month of November. The adm…
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