Washington, SNAP and Oregon
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Rep. Dan Newhouse blasts USDA for firing Washington’s Farm Service Agency executive, saying Brewster and Okanogan County farmers will lose a key advocate.
Oregon and Washington are among nearly two dozen states suing the Trump administration for suspending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November, a move the attorneys general say is illegal.
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USDA won’t shuffle funds to extend SNAP during shutdown, in about-face from earlier plan
SNAP has about $6 billion in the contingency fund — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program, putting November benefits in jeopardy.
Funding for SNAP, which benefits more than 42 million Americans, is set to run out on Nov. 1 unless the shutdown ends by then.
The USDA grants extra funds to Washington's WIC program, but rising demand may exhaust resources sooner. Stay updated on changes via the DOH's dedicated webpage.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will not use agency contingency funds to pay for food aid benefits set to lapse in November during the federal government shutdown, according to a memo seen by Reuters.