WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has directed state agencies to halt the full issuance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November, following a new order from the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a memorandum issued Friday, Patrick A. Penn, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, informed regional and state SNAP directors that the Supreme Court had granted the USDA an administrative stay of a lower court ruling in Rhode Island State Council of Churches, et al. v. Rollins.

As a result, states are instructed not to issue full SNAP payments and must instead continue issuing reduced benefits at 65 percent of the maximum allotment, as outlined in earlier guidance.

“States must not transmit full benefit iss

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