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Dec. 1, 2025

SNAP shutdown showdown: USDA walks legal tightrope on funding

Just as USDA acted to sustain WIC, it could -- within statutory bounds -- lawfully consider similar tools to bolster SNAP's contingency funding and help ensure benefit continuity.

Orly Ahrony

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SNAP shutdown showdown: USDA walks legal tightrope on funding
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During a federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) must rely on alternative funding sources -- such as carryover balances, contingency reserves and other legally available appropriations -- to continue issuing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

Although SNAP is a mandatory entitlement and eligible households are legally owed these monthly benefits, both benefit issuance and state administrative operations depend on annual appro...

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