Days before Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are set to run out due to the ongoing government shutdown, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors in suing the Trump administration over the funding lapse.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Boston, called a looming food aid cutoff "both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."
More than one million Massachusetts residents receive SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps. The funding is set to lapse Nov. 1. The average monthly benefit amount per household member is $196.
“More than one million people in Massachusetts rely on SNAP?to put food on the table,” said Campbell in a press release.?“Despite having the money to fund SNAP, the Trump Administration is creating needless fear, angst and harm for millions of families and their children especially as we approach the holidays. It is past time for the Trump Administration to act to help, rather than harm, those who rely on our government.”
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