The Brief

PHOENIX - While the Trump administration announced on Nov. 3 that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will be partially funded , it still remains unclear when SNAP benefits will be allocated.

The backstory:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program starting Nov. 1 because the agency said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.

However, two federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have, in separate rulings, ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to continue funding SNAP during the shutdown.

Big picture view:

The growing uncertainty surrounding SNAP benefits allocation especially impacts the Native community, which is more than twice

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