Walz provides funding to cover food relief ahead of cutoff for funding of food assistance from federal government

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Gov. Walz says food shelves will receive $4 million in temporary funding as Minnesota prepares for loss of SNAP benefits

Gov. Tim Walz said the emergency funding was a stopgap and won’t make up for the long-term loss of federal assistance.

Walz provides funding to cover food relief ahead of cutoff for funding of food assistance from federal government

EAGAN – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced $4 million in funding for Minnesota food shelves. He was in Eagan today for the announcement, which comes days before the federal government says it will not cover food assistance costs, despite the availability of contingency funds. “Food shelves provide a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans. Yet the Trump Administration has chosen to cut off these critical benefits that keep familie…