WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) – The Trump administration announced Monday that it will partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) after two federal judges ordered the program to continue despite the government shutdown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to halt SNAP payments beginning Nov. 1, citing an inability to maintain funding amid the shutdown.

SNAP, which provides food assistance to roughly 1 in 8 Americans, is a key component of the nation’s social safety net and costs about $8 billion per month nationally.

It remains unclear how much aid recipients will receive or when funds will appear on their SNAP debit cards.

“The process of loading the SNAP cards, which involves steps by state and federal government agencies and vendors, can take up to

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