{"id":6453,"date":"2025-10-22T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/shutdown-likely-to-halt-food-aid-for-42-million-including-650000-missourians-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:59:32","slug":"shutdown-likely-to-halt-food-aid-for-42-million-including-650000-missourians-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/shutdown-likely-to-halt-food-aid-for-42-million-including-650000-missourians-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown likely to halt food aid for 42 million, including 650,000 Missourians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gettyimages-1287472642-2048x1365-1-1024x6831746533271-11761149882-e1761165479719.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A \u201cSNAP welcomed here\u201d sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon. (Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A \u201cSNAP welcomed here&#8221; sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has about $6 billion in a multi-year contingency fund. That\u2019s short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even if a shutdown deal were reached immediately, the time needed to process the payments and make them available for recipients means benefits would likely be delayed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The shortfall is caused by the shutdown, which hit its 22nd day Wednesday. The fund is supposed to maintain a balance of about $9 billion, but $3 billion of the funds expired at the end of the fiscal year Sept. 30. Because Congress has not approved the next year\u2019s funding, the fund only has $6 billion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA would have to come up with the remaining $3 billion. The department could try something similar to its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/nutrition-program-women-infants-and-children-stay-afloat-through-end-month\" target=\"_blank\">shuffle of more than $300 million<\/a> in tariff revenue into its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, through the rest of the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s unclear if USDA plans to use the SNAP contingency fund or any other maneuvers to extend benefits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nearly\u00a040% of the 42 million SNAP recipients nationwide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/data-products\/chart-gallery\/chart-detail?chartId=54640\" target=\"_blank\">are children<\/a> 17 and younger, according to the USDA. About 20% are seniors aged 60 and older and the remaining 40% are adults aged 18 to 59.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA did not respond to multiple requests for comment from States Newsroom.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/one-stopgap-after-another-shutdown-puts-congress-verge-failed-spending-process\" target=\"_blank\">Parties in Congress remained nowhere near a deal<\/a> to end the shutdown as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h4>States scrambling<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Democratic congressional staffer familiar with the SNAP program said that even if Congress passes a stopgap before Nov. 1, the month\u2019s benefits will still be delayed because it takes time to process the benefits and there are limited vendor processors.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The program issues electronic benefits on a card that can be used like cash to purchase food. States will upload either all or part of a month\u2019s benefits on the first day of the month.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even in states that say they have enough funds to extend SNAP through November, such as North Dakota, state officials have said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/north-dakota-snap-funding-jeopardy-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\">they are unable to load the funds on the cards.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kansas officials said once Congress passes a stopgap, the state can distribute benefits to the state\u2019s 188,000 SNAP recipients\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/kansas-officials-warn-november-disruption-food-benefits-amid-budget-impasse\" target=\"_blank\">within 72 hours,\u00a0<\/a>meaning any deal would have to be completed by next week to avoid an interruption of services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Other states, including Minnesota, have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/minnesota-halts-new-snap-enrollments-due-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\">halted<\/a> new enrollments in SNAP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Wisconsin\u2019s Gov. Tony Evers warned that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/shutdown-could-halt-foodshare-november-gov-evers-says\" target=\"_blank\">700,000 residents are at risk<\/a> of losing their SNAP benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/nearly-1-10-tennesseans-could-lose-snap-benefits-come-november-if-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee officials\u00a0<\/a>have informed SNAP recipients \u2014 nearly 700,000 people \u2014 that it received notice from USDA that SNAP funding will cease entirely on Nov. 1 if the government shutdown doesn\u2019t end.<\/p>\n<h4>Unheeded warnings<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USDA on Oct. 10\u00a0 warned states to hold off on sending SNAP files to electronic benefit transfer vendors due to the government shutdown<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cConsidering the operational issues and constraints that exist in automated systems, and in the interest of preserving maximum flexibility, we are forced to direct States to hold their November issuance files and delay transmission to State EBT vendors until further notice,\u201d SNAP acting Associate Administrator Ronald Ward\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/snap-benefits-pace-run-out-two-weeks-if-shutdown-persists\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis includes on-going SNAP benefits and daily files,\u201d Ward continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Last week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that SNAP will run out of funds by the end of the month if Congress fails to strike a deal and end the government shutdown.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201cSNAP welcomed here&#8221; sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images). 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