HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Hawaii were surprised when their usual monthly food allowance appeared in their cards Friday morning.

A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to find the money to fully fund SNAP benefits for November .

An appeals court left the order in place by the Friday deadline as it worked to review the case.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent a memo informing state agency directors that the Food and Nutrition Service was “working towards implementing November 2025 full benefit issuances.”

Officials in at least a half-dozen states confirmed that some SNAP recipients were issued payments on Friday.

In Hawaii, officials uploaded their client data as soon as the judge m

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