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The contingency funds fall short of SNAP's November budget, so the Trump administration may decide to issue only partial payments.
It has warned that would be logistically challenging and time-consuming.
The administration has until Monday to decide on a plan.
States and cities across the country are shifting their own money and stepping up food donations to help millions of low-income people get by despite this loss of food aid.
Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
A federal judge in Boston said the administration not only can but must use contingency funds to keep SNAP going.
She said it could also shift other money, but left it up to the administration to decide whether to do so.
The contingency funds fall short of SNAP's November budget, so the Trump administration may decide to issue only partial payments.
It has warned that would be logistically challenging and time-consuming.
The administration has until Monday to decide on a plan.
States and cities across the country are shifting their own money and stepping up food donations to help millions of low-income people get by despite this loss of food aid.
Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington.
Two-thirds of SNAP recipients are seniors, children, or they have a disability.
Their incomes, though, are very low.
You know, local officials are worried about people choosing between food and rent or medication.
Some are shifting funds to help fill a gap.
They're stepping up food donations or allowing flexibility if people fall behind in their bills.
The federal government usually sends SNAP funding to states well before the first of the month because it takes days to distribute it onto people's debit-like cards.
Now, there's an added complication.