US EditionFood Stamps, the Bulwark Against Hunger for over 40 Mn Americans
Political deadlock has paused food aid for nearly 42 million Americans, causing states and nonprofits to increase emergency support ahead of Thanksgiving.
- On Nov. 1, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program paused payments, leaving states, food banks and nonprofit organizations scrambling ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as 42 million Americans face the Nov. 1 funding cliff.
- Failure to pass a clean funding stopgap in the U.S. Senate has left SNAP unfunded, with Republican officials blaming Congressional Democrats and Trump administration officials citing lack of authority and $9 billion needed for November benefits.
- Several states have declared states of emergency, with Virginia, Louisiana and New York dipping into coffers while WIC funds run out, Head Start centers close, and food banks face soaring demand.
- It remains unclear whether officials will appeal the Friday ruling, and if they do, benefits could be delayed since no partial-disbursement system was set up during the month-long shutdown, while nonprofits feed furloughed federal workers.
- In recent years, rising food inflation and cost of living have increased SNAP demand, affecting just over half of recipients in states that backed Trump last year, lawmakers say.
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Congress failed to reopen the government before funds were exhausted for the SNAP program created to combat hunger
The anguish shakes 42 million people in the U.S.—including 10 million Latinos—who rely on the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed themselves.The government’s shutdown of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate to pass new budgets threatens this federal aid to the most vulnerable to run out of funds. U.S. President Donald Trump has assured on social media that he has asked the Attorney General’s Office to clarify “how to leg…
Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits
Millions of low-income Americans are losing access to food aid as the nation’s largest anti-hunger program goes dark for the first time. Congress failed to reopen the government before funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ran out Saturday. A federal judge, in an eleventh-hour decision, directed the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay for food aid in November — but even that wasn’t enough to prevent the immedia…
Annemarie King is only eating once a day, and her husband, Randall, is taking extra shifts at the plaster panel factory where he works. They are among the nearly 42 million Americans who are preparing to...
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