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As Utahns prepare for partial SNAP payments, Democrats ask for special session to activate funds
As about 87,000 Utah families relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program prepare to go without much of their November payments, food pantries in the state are already feeling a bump in users and confusion lingers amid legal battles and conflicting messaging from the White House. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent regional SNAP directors a letter Tuesday morning with guidance to make court-mandated partial SNAP payments this month, as the government shutdown went beyond a month. November payments, according to the letter, will be calculated by reducing the maximum ...
