Illinois, SNAP and Presidency of Donald Trump
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Along with when Illinois residents may be receiving reduced SNAP benefits, officials said not everyone who is eligible will be receiving benefits.
As of Friday, some people in Chicago began receiving federally funded food assistance. It came as the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt an order requiring full SNAP payments for November.
Partial benefits for those who were supposed to receive them Nov. 1 through 6 will be sent out starting Friday, the Illinois Department of Human Services told the Sun-Times in a statement.
Illinois residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could receive partial payments as soon as Friday.
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When will SNAP recipients in Illinois receive their November payments?
The judge’s order requires the administration to make November payments to states by Friday.
Food banks in central Illinois are waiting to see how a federal judge's ruling on SNAP benefits will impact their operations. The Trump administration has been ordered to fully restore food assistance while the government is shut down.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal Democratic critic of President Donald Trump during the federal government shutdown, mischaracterized the Trump administration’s actions related to food aid for low-income families.
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SNAP recipients in Chicago line up at food giveaways, uncertain when benefits will be loaded
They, like millions of Illinoisans, were recipients of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP. However, their benefits were put on hold after a legal back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the courts.