"a recording told her that due to the government shutdown that began on October 1, funds were not being released. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, ran out of federal funding on November 1, and despite the fact that the law requires the Trump administration to fully fund benefits-and that there is money to do so both in a contingency fund Congress created and in other Department of Agriculture accounts-President Trump has refused to do so."
"The lapse in SNAP has left Stone with barely any money to cover her family's basic needs. Despite her fiancé working a full-time job and her part-time work as a home health aide for her autistic seven-year-old son, their income doesn't stretch very far. She estimates that between the rent on their Pennsylvania home, car payment, phone, internet, water, trash collection, and sewer bills, she owes about $3,000 for the month of November. "After everything is paid we're left with $123," she said."
Sara Stone normally receives $280 monthly in SNAP benefits for herself, her fiancé, and three children. A recording informed her in early November that funds were not being released because of a government shutdown that began October 1. SNAP ran out of federal funding on November 1; the administration refused to release full benefits despite legal requirements and available contingency funds. Courts ordered benefits funded, but the administration appealed and instructed states not to pay full benefits and to claw back payments. The lapse in SNAP left the family with $123 after bills, forcing that amount to cover food and other essentials.
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