SC food pantries brace for expected halt to SNAP benefits as government shutdown drags on

Food stamp recipients may not get SNAP benefits in November as federal government shutdown continues. South Carolina ...
Government Executive

USDA won't shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan

Agriculture Department officials said Friday they cannot use a contingency fund to continue paying the SNAP program, despite ...

Trump’s ‘original sin’: House Dem sets record straight on SNAP benefits amid government shutdown

The reason we are in this situation is because of that original sin of the big, ugly Law with $187B worth of [SNAP] cuts” Rep ...

‘A Man-Made Disaster’: Food Banks and Experts Issue Grave Warning as SNAP Benefits Set to Run Out Amid Government Shutdown

Americans face a "tough time" as food banks are unlikely to be able to meet the demand amid the government shutdown.

‘It puts me deeper in the hole’ | Houston family braces for loss of SNAP benefits amid shutdown

The clock is ticking on SNAP and WIC benefits as the government shutdown continues. The federally funded benefit risks having ...

SNAP Benefits: Trump Admin Rejects Use of Emergency Funding Amid Shutdown

More than 200 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her to use the ...

USDA blames Democrats for potential SNAP benefits lapse in new message: 'The well has run dry'

“Senate Democrats have now voted 12 times to not fund the food stamp program, also known as the Supplemental Nutrition ...
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'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way.