Oregon was one of the first states to process Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for its 757,000 recipients.

Thanks to swift action from Governor Tina Kotek, thousands of Oregon SNAP beneficiaries received access to their November benefits after the Supreme Court granted the Trump administration a temporary block on a federal ruling that ordered the government to immediately release full funding to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

Following Kotek’s directive, employees at the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) worked through the night to ensure that the state’s 757,000 SNAP recipients had access to their food benefits.

“I’m grateful to the federal courts for upholding the law, and to our state teams who worked through the night to make sure e

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