The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will fund food stamps for November at reduced levels, Trump administration officials said on Nov. 3.
The USDA will spend billions of dollars in contingency funds, but will not use any additional money, administration lawyers said in a court filing.
That means many SNAP recipients will only receive half as much in benefits as they usually do, the lawyers said.
The government met its deadline of 12 p.m. on Monday to give an update on funding the federal food stamp program, known as SNAP, for November.
U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell previously ruled that the USDA had to at least partially fund the November benefits by using contingency money allocated in federal law “as may become necessary to carry out program operations.”…