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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Second Appeals Court Rules SNAP Benefits Must Be Fully Distributed
Source: MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO / Getty The Trump administration has used the ongoing government shutdown to argue its right to starve families receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). On Sunday, a second federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration must pay out SNAP benefits in their entirety for November. According to the New York Times, the ruling came after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji B…
Wisconsin food assistance benefits; recipients caught in the middle
There is a deal on the table to open the government. But until that deal is signed, sealed and delivered, there's a tug of war over food assistance benefits – and recipients are caught in the middle.
Some states got SNAP benefits overnight — here’s why others haven’t
People in some U.S. states will be able to buy groceries with federally funded SNAP benefits Saturday while those in other states were still waiting for November food benefits that had been delayed by a protracted legal battle over the federal government shutdown.The Trump administration initially said last month that it would not fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for November because of the U.S. government shutdown. The tw…
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