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LANSING — Tens of thousands of Northern Michigan residents could go hungry this weekend as federal food benefits are set to lapse. The Supplemental Food Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will stop paying out benefits on Nov. 1, owing to the continued government shutdown.
The federal government shutdown has led to a pause in SNAP. In Michigan, the Fair Food Network is taking steps to ensure families can still put food on the table.
The city of Flint is making plans to launch a food voucher program to help households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if benefits are suspended starting on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as SNAP,
Democrats and Republicans are pushing dueling bills to keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits funded through November, as the government shutdown threatens to cease the distribution of benefits on Saturday.