Since Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits have been put on hold, University of North Florida students have reported skipped meals and increased hardship.
About 2.9 million Floridians are now going without SNAP benefits after the program lapsed on Oct. 31 due to the government shutdown.
Over the past few weeks, a legal back-and-forth has unfolded between Trump’s administration and lower courts over whether full SNAP benefits must continue during the government shutdown. In an attempt to ease the impact of the lapse, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Nov. 6 to fully fund SNAP benefits through November. However, the administration quickly appealed this decision, according to AP News…