The Trump administration announced that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will receive up to 65% of their November benefits, reversing an earlier plan to cut payments in half amid the ongoing government shutdown.
An official with the Agriculture Department told a federal court Wednesday that allotments to SNAP beneficiaries for November will be 65% of their normal rate instead of the 50% previously estimated by the Trump administration.https://t.co/YHaEAcRGlO
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Patrick Penn, head of food and nutrition services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), said the agency recalculated after realizing a “clerical error.” The revised guidance increases November’s allotments by 15% over the initial plan.
An official with the Agriculture Department told a federal court Wednesday that allotments to SNAP beneficiaries for November will be 65% of their normal rate instead of the 50% previously estimated by the Trump administration.
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The administration had told a federal judge Monday… pic.twitter.com/sYoii2Hpdj
The change follows a federal court order in Rhode Island, which required the USDA to use $4.6 billion in contingency funds to continue partial payments after a coalition of cities and nonprofits sued over the halted aid.
The Justice Department confirmed the administration will use the full reserve to sustain benefits, even as the shutdown — now in its 37th day, the longest in U.S. history — continues to stall other federal programs.
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