SNAP

The state's stop-gap plan, which provided extra food in partnership with the charitable food system, is ending Friday, Nov. 14.

The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to undo lower court orders to distribute food assistance.

The state health department says November benefits have been distributed. But those who rely on the program say the past few days have brought anxiety.

Lorelei Salas, una abogada de Nueva York y exdirectora de Supervisión de la Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor, explicó cómo el panorama está afectando a las familias latinas de NH.

Con el cierre de gobierno aún existente, los beneficios financiados federalmente no están siendo distribuidos. Más de 75,000 residentes de New Hampshire dependen de SNAP.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, federally-funded nutrition programs have been interrupted.

El Consejo Ejecutivo dio la aprobación final ayer miércoles de $2 millones en financiación provisional para programas de asistencia alimentaria, a partir del cierre gubernamental en curso.

The WIC program for new parents and young children received USDA funding through at least November 7.

On Nov. 1, states must implement stricter eligibility requirements for food assistance, and share more of the funding costs, thanks to the federal tax and spending bill passed in July.