New Hampshire health officials have shared personal data on 245,991 people receiving food assistance with the federal government, in compliance with a recent executive order by President Donald Trump. That includes the names, social security numbers, and addresses of people receiving that assistance.

The March executive order that prompted the data collection has been challenged in court by 21 states and Washington, D.C., but the U.S. Department of Agriculture has continued to press states to turn over information on people participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. In early July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture gave states a July 30 deadline “to ensure USDA has a complete and accurate database, we are requiring collection of SNAP data.”

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