Families on SNAP benefits sound alarm over funding lapse
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The action comes two days after states sued the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits. Funds were set to stop flowing Saturday.
New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the
SNAP food assistance was set to lapse in November because of the government shutdown. But on Friday, a judge ordered that contingency funds be used to maintain the benefits.
"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.