This is the entire article since it’s an update:
Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.
The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. Word in October that it would be a Nov. 1 casualty of the shutdown sent states, food banks and SNAP recipients scrambling to figure out how to secure food. Some states said they would spend their own funds to keep versions of the program going.
It wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the debit cards that beneficiaries use to buy groceries could be reloaded after the ruling. That process often takes one to two weeks.
This is awesome news. Unfortunately it’s going to be appealed, and could take a couple weeks.
But fuck yeah, foods back on the menu, boys
Right now it means they have to start the process of paying, the judges’ orders are final. They can ask the appeals court for a stay, but until that’s granted, they better start depositing benefits.
Don’t forget, in December, the new work requirements mean some of us won’t be getting any more SNAP benefits anyways!
My state always has those requirements. If you’re doing what you need, seeing who you need to see for mental/physical health, you should be fine.
yeah I’ll just pull another couple hundred bucks out of my ass every month, thanks pal
Nice to see you don’t take things the wrong way
