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States scramble to send full SNAP food benefits

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With the longest U.S. government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people who made do with little-to-no assistance for the past couple of weeks.

A back-and-forth series of court rulings and shifting policies from President Donald Trump’s administration has led to a patchwork distribution of November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. While some states already had issued full SNAP benefits, about two-thirds of states had issued only partial benefits or none at all before the government shutdown ended late Wednesday, according to an Associated Press tally.


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By GEOFF MULVIHILL and DAVID A. LIEB – Associated Press

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