States across the country are being told to stop the supplemental
nutrition assistance program for the month of November, pending further
notice.
That’s according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Fox 13 obtained a copy from the Crossroads Urban Center in downtown
Salt Lake City. Crossroads says if Utah families don’t get food stamps,
they’ll turn to the local food pantries, which are already strapped due
to the government shutdown. Homeless people Fox 13 talked to, some who
use SNAP, say losing food stamps would mean going hungry.
“This is going to create a huge hardship for the people we serve here
in our food pantry,” says Bill Tibbits who is the Associate Director at
Crossroads Urban Center.
They posted a letter from the USDA on its Facebook page. It says in
part, “in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are
directing states to hold their November issuance files and delay
transmission to state electronic benefit transfer vendors until further
notice.”
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