1. La Crisis Federal y el Cierre de SNAP.
La suspensión de los beneficios SNAP a nivel federal debido al cierre del gobierno y la negativa de la administración Trump a liberar fondos de contingencia generó una crisis de inseguridad alimentaria, afectando a millones de estadounidenses, incluidos cientos de miles en Virginia y West Virginia. La fecha límite del 1 de noviembre de 2025 marcó el inicio de la interrupción de los pagos.
- Trumps refusal to keep snap going is illegal and not justified by the government shutdown.
- Usda has announced there will be no snap benefits going out in november.
- The trump administration refuses to use contingency funds to keep snap running after november 1st.
- Snap benefits have ended today, donate to your local food bank!
- 824,00 virginians are about to lose access to snap even though the trump admin has the funds necessary to cover the program.
2. La Respuesta de Virginia: VENA y Maniobra Política.
Virginia, enfrentando una elección inminente, fue el primer estado en declarar un estado de emergencia. El gobernador Youngkin utilizó el superávit estatal para crear el programa VENA (Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance), asegurando pagos semanales temporales para los aproximadamente 850,000 beneficiarios de SNAP. Sin embargo, esta acción fue criticada por su contexto electoral y por la negativa del Fiscal General Miyares a unirse a las demandas multiestatales contra la administración federal.
- Gov. Youngkin declared a state of emergency in va due to a federal funding block impacting snap benefits for 850,00 virginians starting nov 1, 2025.
- Virginia is going to pay for snap on a weekly basis, with our states surplus.
- Virginia launches its own food-assistance fallback amid federal halt. Virginia emergency nutrition assistance will distribute 37.5 m/week beginning nov. 3 to about 850,00 snap-eligible virginians.
- Why isnt ag jason miyares suing the trump administration on behalf of virginias snap recipients?
- The obnoxious news is that youngkin blamed dems, saying a lapse in snap is unacceptable, even though his gop regularly votes to cut benefits like snap, as the democrats support it.
- Here in virginia, our maga governor has done something surprisingly decent. He declared a statewide emergency so that the state will pay for snap benefits at least for november. It might have to do with the fact that we have a hotly contested gubernatorial race that will be decided on nov 4.
3. Impacto Crítico en West Virginia y la Sobrecarga de Bancos de Alimentos.
West Virginia, con una de las tasas más altas de dependencia de SNAP (aproximadamente 1 en 6 residentes), enfrentó una crisis alimentaria inmediata. El estado no pudo implementar un sistema de financiamiento directo como Virginia, optando por destinar fondos limitados a los bancos de alimentos y desplegar la Guardia Nacional para la distribución, lo que resultó en una sobrecarga de las despensas locales y una gran preocupación por la seguridad alimentaria de ancianos y niños.
- With snap benefits delayed, state officials steer thousands of west virginians to overwhelmed food banks.
- About 275,00 west virginians 16 of the states population are supported by snap benefits.
- West virginia sets up fuck all. Maybe wvians should consider crawling back to virginia.
- West virginia gov. Patrick morrisey says national guard has been activated to food banks.
- Half of all households in west virginia using snap include an elderly person.
- Wv dohs has been instructed by the usda foodnutrition svc to delay snap benefits due to ongoing govt shutdown. They dont care that children will go hungry.