The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing benefits to 42 million food insecure Americans, including critical nutrition and aid to the Women, Infants and Children program.
Nov. 9 The Trump administration has ordered states to stop distributing benefits to 42 million food insecure Americans, including critical nutrition and aid to the Women, Infants and Children program.
The move follows an order last week by two federal judges that ordered the administration to provide the benefits that hungry children rely on.
A memo from the U.S.D.A. Food and Nutrition Service directs states to „immediately undo any steps taken to issue“ full payments to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Administration has called on states to issue partial payments, about 65% of a typical monthly SNAP benefit, to recipients.
