New Republic - Around 42 million Americans are at risk of losing access to critical nutrition assistance if the government shutdown continues into November. The Agriculture Department has warned states that there will be “insufficient funds” to continue operating the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.
The USDA recently informed states in a letter that there would not be enough money to pay full benefits in November, directing state agencies to delay distributing funds to participants’ electronic benefits transfer cards for the foreseeable future. This situation differs from previous shutdowns, when the federal government had been able to continue to fully provide nutrition benefits.
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