MONUMENT, Colo. (KOAA) — The Trump administration has agreed to partially fund SNAP benefits using contingency funds after tens of millions of Americans did not receive their November payments over the weekend due to the government shutdown.

On Friday, two federal judges ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release funding for the program, either a full payment by the end of Monday, or a partial payment by Wednesday.

The administration announced Monday it would make the partial payment, drawing $4.65 billion from contingency funds.

News5 first spoke with a local food pantry, "Tri-Lakes Cares" in Monument, last October.

Since then, staff and volunteers say there has been an outpouring of support from the community.

When News5 returned to the pantry this week, we found cart aft

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