The new guidance appears to conflict with the department’s 55-page plan for operations during a shutdown. That earlier plan said Congress has long intended for SNAP to continue operating even when funding lapses, given that the program’s contingency funds were designed to sustain both administrative costs and participant benefits in such situations.
An Alabama lawmaker who leads a state budget committee said President Trump’s tax cut and spending bill means Alabama will have to tighten programs that hundreds of thousands of families depend on for health care and food.
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