PHOENIX – The Trump administration is threatening to withhold funding for operating SNAP from Arizona and other Democratic-led states that won’t share personal information about the food aid program’s recipients with the federal government.

While SNAP benefits are federally funded, the cost of administering the program is shared by the federal government and states. It’s not clear how much it would cost Arizona and other states to keep distributions flowing without federal support.

States were given until Dec. 8 to respond to a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week urging compliance with its data-sharing order.

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