After weeks of uncertainty, Kansas released SNAP benefits to residents on Friday, while Missouri plans to release benefits — either full or partial payments — later this week. But the recent Trump budget bill added a number of restrictions to the program.

Across Missouri and Kansas, nearly 1 million people have been left without food assistance in November, as the government shutdown drags on and benefits were held in limbo.

After weeks of uncertainty, Kansas released full SNAP benefits to residents on Friday, while Missouri plans to release benefits — either full or partial payments — later this week.

The release of SNAP benefits for the month of November comes amid ongoing court battles playing out between President Donald Trump’s administration and some states, which sued the feder

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