The timeline for SNAP benefits remains uncertain, even after Congress agrees to end the shutdown
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In response to a USDA directive to undo SNAP payments, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday morning that he is filing for a restraining order against the federal government.
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the department said Monday in a brief to a federal court in Rhode Island, despite a court order to tap the necessary money to distribute them. The post Only Reduced Food Stamps Benefits Will Be Issued, and May Take Months to Get To You appeared first on FlaglerLive.
Local nonprofits have been stepping up to fill in the gap by hosting free grocery pop-up markets and other events to help those who need food now not later.
SANTA FE, N. M. (AP) New Mexico lawmakers moved quickly Thursday at a special legislative session to prop up funding for food assistance and rural health care services in response to President Donald Trumps cuts to federal spending on Medicaid and nutrition programs. The Democratic-led Legislature sent a bill to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham that.