Trump wants to use emergency funds for SNAP food benefits
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As SNAP benefits continue to hang in the balance in Washington, more local organizations are stepping up for the CSRA no matter what happens.
The Agriculture Department will use $4.65 billion in emergency funds to partially restart food aid programs halted by the government shutdown. Mill
Virginia launches emergency nutrition program to support 854,000 SNAP recipients if federal shutdown continues, using state funds and weekly payments.
The state is making another infusion of emergency food aid as 3 million New Yorkers face the looming expiration of nutrition assistance for the first time since the federal program began. The state is allocating $65 million to the state’s nutrition and farm-to-foodbank programs under a new emergency declaration,
I’m getting letters from Democrats saying, ‘You should declare an emergency and create your own SNAP,’ when they’re the ones that are filibustering SNAP,” Ron DeSantis said.
The agency's Energy Crisis Intervention Program, which provides heating assistance to about 7,000 Maine households annually, will not begin on Nov. 1 as originally planned.
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Mecklenburg County launches emergency food relief amid SNAP delay
Mecklenburg County is rolling out $740,000 in emergency food assistance to support county residents who depend on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Why it matters: SNAP benefits,
City officials are turning to private donors and nonprofits to help feed 1.8 million New Yorkers left in limbo.