1. La Existencia y Propósito del Fondo de Contingencia SNAP.
El programa SNAP posee un fondo de reserva multimillonario, generalmente estimado entre 5 y 6 mil millones de dólares, creado por el Congreso específicamente para asegurar la continuidad de los beneficios durante emergencias o lapsos de financiación, como un cierre de gobierno.
- The usda holds multi-year contingency funds a 6 billion reserve specifically designed to prevent food aid disruptions during a government shutdown.
- The us department of agriculture usda has billions in contingency reserves, with estimates ranging from 5 to 6 billion, but has stated it will not use this money to fund november snap benefits due to the government shutdown.
- Snap has a contingency reservebillions of dollars set aside to ensure people continue receiving benefits during emergencies or lapses in funding.
2. La Negativa y Justificación del USDA/Administración Trump.
A pesar de la existencia de estos fondos y precedentes históricos, la administración anunció que no los utilizaría para cubrir los beneficios de noviembre. El USDA argumentó que los fondos no estaban legalmente disponibles para beneficios regulares o que debían reservarse para desastres naturales, una postura que contradice su propia guía previa (luego eliminada de su sitio web).
- Snap trump administration wont use contingency fund to pay november food stamp benefits the us department of agriculture says it will not tap into its 6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month if the shutdown continues.
- The usda has a snap contingency fund they say cannot be used to provide food assistance during a government shutdown, as it is intended for regular benefits and not for emergency situations.
- Usda deletes snap emergency funding plan from its website the trump administrations usda is refusing to release around 6 billion in contingency funds designated for a lapse in snap benefits.
- The usda has never before refused to spend contingency funds to disburse monthly benefits.
3. Consecuencias y Reacciones Políticas y Legales.
La retención de fondos amenaza a aproximadamente 42 millones de estadounidenses con la pérdida de asistencia alimentaria a partir del 1 de noviembre. Esta decisión fue calificada como una "elección política cruel". La controversia llevó a múltiples demandas estatales y órdenes judiciales que obligaron al USDA a utilizar los fondos de contingencia, aunque inicialmente solo para cubrir pagos parciales.
- 42 million americans will not receive critical food assistance from the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or snap, in november, unless the agency shifts its position.
- Allowing snap to stop issuing benefits is a choice the trump usda is making.
- Breaking news on snap courts say usda must use its contingency funds to pay snap benefits while the government is shut down.
- Usda will use its contingency funds to partially cover november snap benefits, as ordered by federal courts.