Partial SNAP benefits for November will be more than previously estimated, Trump official says

An official with the Agriculture Department told a federal court Wednesday that allotments to SNAP beneficiaries for November will be 65% of their normal rate instead of the 50% previously estimated by the Trump administration.

The administration had told a federal judge Monday that it would use more than $4 billion in contingency funds to distribute half of the monthly benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, during the ongoing government shutdown.

The revised figures mean a family of four in the lower 48 states will receive about $646 for the month.

It’s unclear what prompted the change, but the Justice Department is calling it an “error” that it worked to fix “as soon as it was discovered.”

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