SNAP, USDA and shutdown
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SNAP, Trump and food aid
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What exactly is SNAP and is it the same as food stamps? How does it work? Here's who benefits as the Nov. 1 cutoff nears.
Across the country, there are over 41 million people enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known as SNAP.
Over 5.5 million Californians, including 2 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits this Saturday.
A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown.
States sue Trump’s USDA to unleash SNAP funding as legal experts blast ‘immoral’ decision to block emergency dollars - 25 states warn of imminent ‘crisis’ for millions if the federal government won’t