SNAP, New Hampshire
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The Trump administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to undo lower court orders to distribute food assistance.
All New Hampshire Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients received their full benefits for November despite the United States Supreme Court granting an order to block fully funding payments.
However, the USDA sent out a statement to all SNAP state agencies saying that recipients across the country will be able to keep using their EBT cards during the government shutdown. This means that any unused SNAP money is expected to roll over into November.
It's unclear when New Hampshire residents will see federal SNAP benefits, but recipients will still get help from the state government.
Mobile pantries were up and running on Wednesday for Granite Staters who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These mobile food pantries were launched amid the federal government shutdown and are only for those who receive SNAP benefits.
New Hampshire could be the only New England state to lose SNAP benefits if a lawsuit to reinstate them proves successful.
Here are Seacoast restaurants, NH mobile food pantries and regular pantries where you can find free food with SNAP benefits in crisis.
A federal judge said Monday that she will continue to block the Trump administration from enforcing a memo directing states to "undo" the issuance of full SNAP benefits. The administration is currently seeking to "undo" hundreds of millions of dollars in SNAP benefits that went out after the U.