USDA, food stamp benefits and the contingency fund
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The State of Nevada plans to quickly funnel $38.8 million toward local food banks in hopes fewer people will go hungry next month when $90 million in federally funded “food stamps” are not delivered to low-income people and families.
The Administration must use all available options to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 people in the U.S. who need SNAP to afford their grocery bill.
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USDA won’t shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the government shutdown drags on.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) contingency funds are not “legally available” to cover benefits during the shutdown. At a press
With the federal government shutdown lumbering on, New Hampshire officials are scrambling to come up with plans to provide food for SNAP recipients who stand to lose their benefits with funding set to run out next week.
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As the government shutdown enters its third week, state officials said several WIC agencies in New Hampshire could close if the federal government does not reopen by the end of the month.