US EditionLa Voz De Summit, Oct. 31, 2025
Washington State allocates $2.2 million weekly to food banks as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding risks cutoff amid a federal shutdown lasting over 30 days.
- A federal judge in Massachusetts found the U.S. Department of Agriculture acted unlawfully by withholding billions in emergency SNAP funding for 42 million people, but the administration’s next steps remain unclear.
- Funding deadlock in Congress left SNAP unfunded for fiscal 2026, and the U.S. Senate failed 13 times to pass the House-passed stopgap spending measure lacking 60 votes.
- Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins defended USDA’s refusal to use the contingency fund at a Friday U.S. Capitol press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying funds don’t cover half of November.
- State and local programs are filling gaps left by federal delays, with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis planning up to $10 million for state food banks as Head Start programs serving more than 790,000 children face funding risks.
- Advocates say Native American and Alaska Native communities are pressured as WIC received a $300 million infusion, and more emergency funding was urged in an Oct. 24 letter to the White House.
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Volunteers from No Limits Outreach Ministries in Hyattsville, Maryland, and the Capital Area Food Bank prepare for distribution on Oct. 28, 2025 to furloughed federal workers affected by the government shutdown. People with government employment ID began lining up hours ahead of time. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — By Saturday, millions of Americans are expected to face a drastic spike in health care premium costs during op…
La Voz de Summit, Oct. 31, 2025
English script FOOD BANK FUNDINGColorado Gov. Jared Polis is planning to dole out up to $10 million in state funding for food banks, as hundreds of thousands of Coloradans risk losing federal benefits next month. Roughly 1 in 10 Coloradans — more than 600,000 low-income residents — rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to buy food. The federal government sends Colorado SNAP enrollees about $120 million each month to pur…
To prevent vulnerable families from going hungry due to a disruption in federal aid, the Washington state government announced on October 28th that it would allocate $2.2 million weekly to state food banks starting in November to help families in need. Due to the federal government shutdown, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) may be interrupted, with SNAP benefits expected to terminate on November 1st. Washington st…
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