When will full SNAP federal food help kick in?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM CST

A cashier scans groceries, including produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (Stephanie Scarbrough/AP)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Connecticut Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves about the court battles that have upended Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefit payments during the government shutdown.

Connecticut has used state money to fully fund the federal food assistance program, but others have not.

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