{"id":181800,"date":"2025-11-03T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:25:40","slug":"trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<section >\n<p><em>Washington <\/em>\u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the <span >government shutdown<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a Department of Agriculture official who oversees the SNAP program, said the administration &#8220;intends to deplete SNAP contingency funds completely and provide reduced SNAP benefits for November 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are roughly $5.2 billion in food-aid contingency funds, according to Penn. Officials have said fully covering November benefits would require roughly $9 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department lawyers separately told the court that the administration will &#8220;fulfill its obligation to expend the full amount of SNAP contingency funds&#8221; by providing states with information Monday to calculate benefits due to each eligible household.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<section >\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n      .component--type-recirculation {\n      .item:nth-child(5),\n      .card-recirc:nth-child(5) {\n        display: none;\n      }\n    }\n      #inline-recirc-item--id-91e4c5db-23dc-4ccd-bbc5-50c8e1df73f5, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-91e4c5db-23dc-4ccd-bbc5-50c8e1df73f5 {\n      display: none;\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    #inline-recirc-item--id-91e4c5db-23dc-4ccd-bbc5-50c8e1df73f5 ~ .item:nth-child(5) {\n      display: block;\n    }\n  <\/style>\n<section >\n      <!-- tags --><br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/snap-food-stamps-trump-administration-contingency-fund\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington \u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits - Tahrir News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington \u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tahrir News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Tahrir News\",\"description\":\"News all over the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/\",\"name\":\"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits - Tahrir News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Economy\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/economy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\",\"name\":\"megahed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"megahed\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits - Tahrir News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits","og_description":"Washington \u2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial November benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the government shutdown. In a declaration submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Patrick Penn, a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/","og_site_name":"Tahrir News","article_published_time":"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/","name":"Tahrir News","description":"News all over the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/","name":"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits - Tahrir News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T17:25:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/trump-administration-will-use-snap-contingency-fund-to-pay-partial-food-stamp-benefits\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Economy","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/economy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Trump administration will use SNAP contingency fund to pay partial food stamp benefits"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4","name":"megahed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"megahed"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}