Governor Maura Healey said that delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits went out to Massachusetts recipients on Saturday morning.

"Those who had missed a payment should now have funds on their cards ready to be spent immediately," Healey said in a statement.

One in seven Massachusetts residents, or just over 1.1 million, is on SNAP, according to Healey. More than 50% of SNAP recipients in the state are families with children, and just over 48% are disabled or elderly, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

The Supreme Court temporarily froze a court order that required the Trump administration to pay SNAP benefits in full, causing it to pull funding from the Child Nutrition Programs. Healey explained that the order may complicate the next schedule

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