As the nation braced for the expected lapse in the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP) on the final day in October, federal judges ruled the government must continue funding the program.

Rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to use over $5 billion in contingency funds to continue SNAP.

These rulings follows U.S. precedent which, in the past, has allowed SNAP to continue to be supported by this contingecy funding for the federal program that helps low-income families afford food.

In Ohio, roughly $263.4 million is allocated each month to enrolled recipients. The average benefit is $190 each month.

Prior to the federal ruling, Mid-Ohio Food Collective, the region's largest hunger relief organization, released a s

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