Trump administration must fund SNAP payments during shutdown
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More than 30% of households in several Kentucky counties receive SNAP benefits. Here's what to know as a cutoff is expected to begin Nov. 1.
SNAP benefits will be frozen on Saturday if the government doesn't reopen by then, and that could leave more than a million people in Kentucky and Indiana scrambling for food.
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Kentucky governor declares emergency over SNAP benefits risk
L EXINGTON, Ky. ( FOX 56) — On Friday, Kentucky’s governor declared a state of emergency in response to a potential lapse in SNAP benefits. According to a news release, Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency and directing an initial $5 million from the budget reserve trust fund to Feeding Kentucky food banks.
As federal funding to SNAP comes to a halt as a result of an ongoing government shutdown, Gov. Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency allowing $5 million to go to funding local food banks.
As judges debate what happens next with SNAP benefits during the ongoing federal shutdown, the need is already being felt here at home.
Here's what to know about SNAP in Kentucky and how it could impact residents: How many people get SNAP benefits in Kentucky? Based on estimates from Department of Agriculture data from fiscal year 2024, it is believed about 595,000 recipients in Kentucky ...
Abram Crozier, the pastor of Trinity Southern Baptist Church, says now is the time for the church to be the church.
Nicky Stacy of the Hazel Green Food Project says Kentucky must act to help hungry children as SNAP benefits end Nov. 1.
Federal funds could begin running dry Saturday that help tens of millions of Americans to buy food for their families if Congress doesn’t reach a deal by then to end the U.S. government shutdown.
Kimberly Smith founded Kim’s Southern Table just a year ago, but she says she saw a need in Germantown that she could afford to fill.
During the press conference, Coleman blasted President Donald Trump’s administration for failing to fund the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, formerly called food stamps. Nearly 600,0000 people and more than 271,000 Kentucky households are served by SNAP, which helps low-income individuals buy groceries each month.
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