Coloradans using Facebook groups to help neighbors ahead of SNAP benefit freeze
In recent days, Denverites have started a “grocery buddy” movement in Facebook groups to help neighbors get through the SNAP benefit freeze.
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Ohio refugees will lose their SNAP benefits next month under Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Upcoming changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will soon restrict which Ohioans are eligible for benefits. The One Big Beautiful Bill, which President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, changes “non-citizen eligibility for SNAP.” Only U. S. citizens, green card holders who have gone through a five-year waiting period, and some Haitian and Cuban nationals with special status will be eligible for SNAP. This means refugees, people who have been granted asylum and human trafficking survivors will all lose their benefits, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service.
Gavin Newsom Uses Shutdown As Cudgel Against Trump Admin, Announces Lawsuit Over SNAP Benefits
Gavin Newsom Uses Shutdown As Cudgel Against Trump Admin, Announces Lawsuit Over SNAP Benefits
Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1
The U. S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out on Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on. The cutoff would expand the impact of the impasse to some of the Americans most in need unless a resolution is found in just a few days. The notice comes after the Trump administration said it will not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep the benefits flowing into November. The Trump administration blames Democrats, who say they won’t agree to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate with them on extending expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
‘Not true’: Trump admin’s false claim walloped by House Dem
A Democratic lawmaker is calling out the Trump administration over a claim about supplemental assistance that is “not true.” With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, funding set to lapse amid the government shutdown, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) pointed to the Trump administration’s claims that they could no longer fund the benefits. “The Trump Administration is claiming they don’t have SNAP funding for next month. That’s not true. SNAP has a contingency fund that could last well into November. If Americans don’t get their SNAP benefits, it will be because the Trump Administration decided to stop them,” Clyburn wrote on X. SNAP provides food to 42 million Americans many in red states and remains under threat. Republicans have pushed to use food stamps and the lapsing benefits to pressure Democrats and end the stalemate, according to The Hill. Democrats argue that Republicans have tried to break up federal programs for low-income Americans, pointing to Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and how they already forced cuts to SNAP over the summer. Now, with the deadline getting closer, the program is in limbo for millions of people. “In the best-case shutdown scenario, those people are expected to receive smaller payments to help cover grocery bills. In the worst case, they will get nothing,” The Hill reports.