(The Center Square) – The Trump administration said Friday afternoon that it would fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for November, despite the funding lapse and government shutdown.

Earlier on Friday, the federal government asked an appeals court to pause a lower court ruling that required the administration to fully fund benefits for SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

SNAP provides federally funded food benefits to approximately 42 million low-income families each month, but these benefits began to run dry when Congress failed to pass bills funding the government.

Patrick Penn, deputy under secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, told states that the USDA will fully fund the program. The mem

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