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The NC health department said it's "working as quickly as possible to ensure North Carolinians have timely access to these essential food benefits."
President Trump hasn’t tapped emergency funds to cover the program, though a court ruling could force a change.
As payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are set to expire on Nov. 1, a federal judge is now signaling she might intervene.
In North Carolina, 1.4 million people receive SNAP benefits. What Gov. Stein says about ‘fleeting’ help and federal shutdown cost.
The Trump administration told federal courts that it will tap into a contingency fund to distribute partial November payments.
Nearly 1.5 million North Carolinians are currently without the food assistance money on which they rely. Monday, in response to a pair of court rulings last week, President Donald Trump announced that partial payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are on the way.