Michigan pauses Nov. SNAP benefits amid shutdown
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At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Symone Wilkes, a Detroit resident and mother of two young sons, received a loud alert on her phone. It was her MI Bridges app — the site through which state benefits are provided — alerting her that her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits,
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services stated they were instructed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pause the payments until further notice.
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Michigan pauses SNAP benefits in November amid federal government shutdown
A program that provides benefits to low-income households for buying groceries will be paused in November. Michigan says the federal government instructed them that a lapse in funding was due to the shutdown.
An estimated 42 million individuals receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits monthly.
The federal government shutdown is affecting Michigan, with lawmakers warning that no progression in Washington is starting to hit home.