US EditionNY Responding to Lack of Federal Funding for SNAP and HEAP During Shutdown
A federal appeals court upheld a judge’s order to fund SNAP benefits for 42 million low-income Americans amid the shutdown, but a Supreme Court justice's hold delays immediate effect.
- On Nov. 6, Rhode Island federal Judge John McConnell ordered the US Department of Agriculture to spend $4 billion to fund SNAP for 42 million low-income Americans, and the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the order to stand.
- Nearly half the states, including California, sued on Oct. 28 after the Trump administration refused to fund SNAP, while USDA directed states to undo early issuances amid the appeal.
- Krystal Barrett, Pleasant Grove resident and single mother, depends on $685 per month from SNAP and stocked up using October benefits before Nov. 1 amid confusion.
- US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson put a temporary hold on the SNAP funding order Friday, while USDA told states to undo early issuances or face penalties as some, including Connecticut, front funds for 360,000 people.
- The U.S. Senate's tentative deal includes SNAP funding but needs U.S. House of Representatives and President Donald Trump approval as a ruling is expected early this week before the Nov. 17 benefit renewal.
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Grand Rapids Herald-Review
The SNAP funding back-and-forth, explained
Minnesota officials said Sunday they will not yank back food assistance that was distributed to recipients in recent days, despite a weekend Trump administration order to do so. Here’s how we got to this point: Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition…
NY responding to lack of federal funding for SNAP and heating assistance during shutdown
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- While an end to the federal government shutdown could be in sight, some state attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, are continuing the legal fight to ensure those who rely on SNAP benefits receive food assistance. A federal judge sided in their favor by temporarily blocking a U.S. Department of Agriculture memo that said “…states must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for Novemb…
NY responding to lack of federal funding for SNAP and HEAP during shutdown
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- While an end to the federal government shutdown could be in sight, some state attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, are continuing the legal fight to ensure those who rely on on SNAP benefits receive food assistance. A federal judge sided in their favor by temporarily blocking a U.S. Department [...]
The shutdown will end — But the cuts to SNAP and healthcare won’t
Approximately 460,000 New Mexico residents rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (Stock photo by hapabapa/Getty Images) As New Mexicans, we know what it means to take care of each other. When our neighbors are struggling, we help them. That’s why our state leaders stepped in to make sure families could still get food during the appalling and unprecedented suspension of SNAP food benefits. And that’s why the Trump adminis…
Virginia Pushes Forward on Food Aid as D.C., Nation Watch and Wait in Shutdown Fallout
Virginia has paused its VENA program and will distribute 65% of November's SNAP benefits to over 850,000 residents, while the Trump administration is demanding that states reverse their earlier work and the federal courts are in a tug-of-war over food aid. The post Virginia Pushes Forward on Food Aid as D.C., Nation Watch and Wait in Shutdown Fallout appeared first on The Washington Informer.
Trump to pursue food stamp blockade in court as shutdown endgame nears on Capitol Hill
The Trump administration said Monday that Democrat-appointed judges were in danger of undermining a carefully crafted deal to end the government shutdown by ordering the government to make full food stamp payments this month.
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