The federal government stopped providing SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans, including around 270,000 Iowans, on Nov. 1 because of the government shutdown.
A group of 25 states, not including Iowa, sued the Trump administration for refusing to use emergency funds to support SNAP recipients. Last week, a pair of federal judges ruled that the Trump administration must use emergency funds to support the program.
The administration has said it will use the funds to provide people enrolled in SNAP with about half of their usual payment, but NPR reports it’s not clear how long it will take for benefits to kick in…