Government Shutdown Will Halt SNAP Benefits on Nov. 1

SNAP benefits to continue amid government shutdown: What you need to know

In a pivotal ruling, federal judges have mandated that funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will continue despite the current government shutdown.WATCH BELOW: 'It's important that we're able to buy what we need,' a SNAP user tells WPTV What you need to know if you use SNAP benefitsThey emphasized that there are sufficient reserves available to sustain the program, as to if or when that money will be disbursed is stil…

SNAP Benefits for 42 Million People Could Still Be Saved During the Shutdown

If the ongoing government shutdown extends into Saturday — and there is every indication that it will — funding will lapse for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps or SNAP, which helps feed some 42 million lower-income Americans. It will be the first such disruption to the federally funded but state-administered safety net program that disproportionately feeds… Source

Brooke Rollins Cooks Hakeem Jeffries on Issue of USDA Contingency Funds for SNAP, Lays Out Facts

Brooke Rollins debates Hakeem Jeffries on SNAP funding amid the Schumer Shutdown.

Federal Shutdown Starts To Hit Home In Guilford County

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N.J. rushes millions to food banks as 813K residents face empty SNAP accounts

Less than two days before the federal government halts the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program, Gov. Phil Murphy announced that New Jersey’s largest food banks will receive an upfront payment of $42.5 million to handle the wave of poor families needing help.

42 million set to lose food aid amid US shutdown