"The Trump administration announced Monday that it would be funding partial payments this month from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps. The decision, which follows a pair of orders from two federal judges, appears designed to continue exacting pain from the country's poorest individuals and families in furtherance of the ongoing political game of chicken between Republicans and Democrats over the shutdown."
"As the Associated Press reports, the Department of Agriculture has committed to tapping one emergency fund that has $4.65 billion in it, and will only pay about 50% of recipients' usual benefit amounts. Luckily for SNAP recipients living in San Francisco, additional benefits are being funded through a public-private partnership between the city and the Crankstart Foundation. Those benefits are being distributed on debit cards starting this week."
"The Trump administration has the means to fund this program in full, and their decision not to will leave millions of Americans hungry and waiting even longer for relief as government takes the additional steps needed to partially fund this program," said Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in a statement. Campbell led a coalition of attorneys general including California who sued the administration last week over the false claim that it could not afford to cover November benefits from the SNAP program."
The Trump administration is tapping emergency reserve funds to provide partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November despite contingency funds existing to pay full benefits. The Department of Agriculture will use an emergency fund with $4.65 billion and plans to pay roughly 50% of typical benefit amounts. San Francisco is supplementing benefits through a public-private partnership with the Crankstart Foundation and distributing debit cards this week. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a coalition of attorneys general that sued over claims that November benefits could not be covered. A federal judge ruled the administration's action unlawful.
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