Vermont Business Magazine In response to the ongoing federal government shutdown and the resulting delay in federal 3SquaresVT (SNAP) benefits, Governor Phil Scott, in coordination with key legislative leaders, has approved a temporary, state-funded contingency benefit to ensure Vermonters maintain access to food.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is at risk of pausing benefits for thousands of local families.

About 188,000 Kansans, including about 15,000 people in Shawnee County, will go without food stamps next month if the government shutdown continues.

The Kansas Department for Children and Families says it has been told to delay the processing of November SNAP benefits until further notice.

Vermont Business Magazine The Department for Children and Families (DCF) has received federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) requiring all states to pause issuance of 3SquaresVT (SNAP) benefits until further notice as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Food stamp benefits for nearly 3 million Floridians could be delayed if the federal government shutdown lasts through Nov. 1.

Almost 3 million Floridians could see their SNAP benefits delayed in November if the government shutdown continues.

The Florida Department of Children and Families stated that November SNAP benefits will not be distributed if the shutdown continues and federal funding is not restored.

President Donald Trump wants to hear from the courts how to fund SNAP food aid benefits for needy Americans and payments could flow by Wednesday as ordered by a U.S. judge, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday.