""Some food is not nearly enough food-especially when students are left to decide between finding their next meal and studying for an exam," Roberson said in a statement to Inside Higher Ed. "Food should not be a luxury, but today, sadly, many college students are finding themselves in a position where that's their reality.""
""I think that it still holds that campuses and food pantries and community organizations are going to be stretched pretty thin in the coming weeks," Huelsman said, "even if the courts did the right thing here and stepped in and made sure that people's benefits weren't completely withheld.""
Campuses scrambled to shore up resources as 42 million Americans, including over a million college students, prepared to lose federal SNAP assistance during a government shutdown. SNAP payments did not go out on the first of the month as scheduled. The administration agreed in court filings to expend emergency reserves to issue partial benefits this month, but those funds will cover only half of eligible households' current benefits. Some states may face months-long delays because of bureaucratic hurdles. Advocates warn that students relying on SNAP will still get less food than they need and that campuses and community organizations will be stretched thin.
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