Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday the state has found money to fund senior meal programs but is scrambling to figure out what it will do if the federal government is out of funds come November for a program nearly 600,000 Kentuckians depend on to pay for groceries.
Beshear said the state will not have money to pay for the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, if the federal program runs out of funding at the end of this month due to the federal government shut down, which started Oct. 1.
Beshear also said Monday the state will cover the costs for another key program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, for November after the federal government notified states recently it did not have money to cover those costs…