"During the longest government shutdown in American history, the Trump administration has refused to use reserve funds to keep SNAP funded. Over the weekend, it demanded that states "undo" actions meant to deliver SNAP benefits. Attorney General Andrea Campbell and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general filed a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from clawing back the SNAP benefits that were already issued. Campbell's office said Monday that a federal judge ordered a temporary block of the federal government's directive."
""The president may have made a choice to starve Americans, but I'm not going to let that happen here in Massachusetts," Healey said at a press conference in the State House Monday afternoon. A range of resources for people facing food insecurity are available through the state's website. A fund set up by the Healey administration and United Way to help food pantries amid the SNAP uncertainty has raised more than $5 million and is still taking donations, Healey said."
SNAP benefits for more than one million Massachusetts residents are fully funded again after state actions and a federal judge's temporary block on a federal directive. During the longest federal government shutdown, the Trump administration refused to use reserve funds and demanded that states undo measures to deliver SNAP benefits, prompting Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 22 other attorneys general to file a temporary restraining order. Governor Maura Healey pledged to prevent residents from going hungry, pointed to state resources and a Healey–United Way fund that has raised over $5 million, and noted federal escalation could be unnecessary if the government reopens.
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