Trump, Government Shutdown and food assistance benefits
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Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored after losing them on Saturday.
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The Agriculture Department will use $4.65 billion in emergency funds to partially restart food aid programs halted by the government shutdown. Mill
The New Castle School District is hit especially hard. Seventy-six percent of the families in the district get SNAP benefits for food assistance, but a program run by the school has been helping families with food for more than a decade.
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The administration of President Donald Trump has made $450 million in tariff revenue available for a childhood nutrition program imperiled by the federal government shutdown, according to federal funding records.
Federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, used by 42 million Americans, is set to run dry on Saturday as the U.S. government shutdown continues.
While Tennessee is not allocating funds to continue the SNAP program in the state, it is working with food pantries to help residents in other ways.
The $4.5 million in emergency funding will support Baltimore County’s food assistance programs amid worries about SNAP benefits.
Help is on the way for Americans who rely on food stamps. However, it could still be some time before SNAP recipients see that money.