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Michigan began providing SNAP payments as the Supreme Court late Friday issued a halt. The high court temporarily stopped the Trump administration from issuing full SNAP payments that were initially ordered by a federal judge.
Supreme Court Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson temporarily paused the Trump administration's full SNAP payments for November, pending the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit's decision on the administration's motion to block the order.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump's appeal on Friday, Nov. 7, temporarily blocking a court order requiring the USDA to issue full SNAP benefits in the month of November.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will receive partial benefits in November due to limited federal funding caused by the federal government shutdown.
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Partial SNAP funding coming to Michigan, says MDHHS
Michigan will gain partial SNAP funding for November starting Saturday as federal government shutdown continues.
The city of Detroit will keep 96 emergency food distribution locations open through next week, following a temporary U.S. Supreme Court ruling preventing full SNAP benefits from flowing until the courts make a final ruling, Mayor Mike Duggan's office said Saturday.
The plan to fund SNAP amid the federal government shutdown faces an uncertain path in a politically divided Michigan Legislature.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says it will distribute partial SNAP benefits to recipients starting Saturday.
Michigan lawmakers aren’t ruling out further food aid dollars as the federal government resumes issuing partial SNAP benefits Saturday.
With SNAP benefits cut since the start of the month and the federal government shutdown adding uncertainty, food banks across West Michigan are feeling the pressure.
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