US government to stop paying for food aid from November as second-longest shutdown continues
The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, (SNAP), used by one in every eight Americans.
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00:00The U.S. government's Department of Agriculture, USDA, has announced that federal food aid will not go out on November 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.
00:13The new notice posted on the USDA website comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the SNAP food aid program flowing into November.
00:30With one in eight Americans using SNAP to buy groceries, the prospect of families not receiving food aid as deeply concerned states run by both Democrats and Republicans.
00:42What we know about food insecurity in this country is that volunteer food pantries like ours and others cannot meet the need.
00:50SNAP is an essential piece of meeting the food need in the United States and SNAP is being cut. It's very tragic and so we are concerned about sustainability.
00:58The looming situation also comes as the government shutdown becomes the second longest on record.
01:05It began on 1 October after U.S. lawmakers could not agree to pass a bill to fund government services when the federal budget expired.
01:14The Trump administration blames Democrats who say they will not agree to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate with them on extending expiring subsidies under the health insurance known as the Affordable Care Act.
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