SNAP

Beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] will only receive half of their normal payments, the Trump administration revealed in court this week.

The USDA declined to tap into additional funds, which will delay and reduce benefits.

Township supervisor Deb Skillrud says the program would provide temporary help to hundreds of families, who would be able to get between $200 and $500 per month — depending on the number of family members — for as long as funding is available.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order allocating $20 million in state funding as a stopgap measure to support Illinois’ seven food banks, which supply over 2,600 food pantries across the state.

Illinois joined 24 other states and the District of Columbia in suing the Trump administration over plans to stop funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Saturday as the federal government shutdown continues.

U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen says a potential lapse in benefits to the largest food assistance program in the U.S. would cause crippling uncertainty for veterans, seniors and children, leaving them wondering about their ability to afford food next month.

Nearly 2 million people in Illinois could lose federal food benefits ahead of Thanksgiving if Congress can’t agree on a budget by the end of the month.

Federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program risk destabilizing food insecurity resources in McLean County, in Illinois and across the nation.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s [SNAP] education program, SNAP-Ed, will come to an end in Illinois, according to the University of Illinois Extension.

District 87 schools are planning other avenues of payment if the federal grants delayed this month do not come.