1. Impacto Devastador del Cierre en Maine.
La suspensión de los beneficios SNAP afectó a casi 170,000 residentes de Maine, incluyendo niños y adultos mayores, generando una crisis de seguridad alimentaria y sobrecargando a los bancos de alimentos locales. La situación fue calificada de desastrosa y moralmente reprobable por líderes locales y defensores.
- Me senator teresa piercelast week, the maine department of health and human services announced that, due to the federal government shutdown, snap benefits for the month of november will not be issued, impacting nearly 170,00 mainers and risking their ability to put food on the table. Disgusting.
- Nearly 170,00 maine people rely on snap to put food on their tables, but these benefits may lapse due to the shutdown. There are many ways for the agriculture department to free up funds, and im urging the secretary deliver this vital aid.
- If snap isnt funded for november, that will affect nearly 60,00 maine children and more than 40,00 older adults.
- The upcoming snap cutoff will cause widespread hunger in the richest country on earth including 170,00 mainers, a third of them children. Families. Seniors. Susan collins is sending children to bed hungry.
2. Disputas Políticas y Órdenes Judiciales.
La crisis se convirtió en un arma política, con críticas dirigidas a la administración Trump por retener fondos disponibles. Varios estados, incluyendo Maine, iniciaron acciones legales para forzar la liberación de los beneficios, resultando en órdenes judiciales contradictorias sobre pagos parciales o totales.
- State of maine sues trump admin to release snap funds. Make sure friends family understand trump is depriving over 42 million americans of nutritional assistance benefits so he can try to blame the shutdown on dems and to further stall over epstein. Its all epstraction maine mepolitics snap.
- Trump administration ordered to pay full 9b in november snap benefits amid shutdown mainemorningstar.com20251106r.
- The trump administration is appealing yesterdays court ruling to use funds on hand to pay full snap benefits for november. At this time, partial snap benefits are planned for maine.
- 170,00 mainers wont get their monthly snap food support they depend on this november because of the government shutdown. We need leaders who understand the importance of these essential safety net programs and ensures their future, rather than hurting families as a political weapon.
3. Intervención Estatal para Cubrir la Brecha.
Ante la incertidumbre federal, varios estados de Nueva Inglaterra, como Maine, Connecticut y Vermont, utilizaron fondos de emergencia o presupuestos estatales para garantizar que los residentes recibieran al menos una parte de sus beneficios SNAP, destacando la acción de la gobernadora de Maine, Janet Mills, y el gobernador de Connecticut, Ned Lamont.
- Governor mills directs maine dhhs to issue full snap benefits for november mills knows maine republicans wont vote for snap in an emergency special session that would cost taxpayers thousands, so she just gets it done. Mepolitics.
- Janet mills went ahead and announced that all snap recipients in maine would get their full benefits. Shes not standing by watching her constituents go hungry.
- As of this afternoon, state of ct has filled all snap benefits for november. Proud to live in a state that literally puts their money where their mouth is.
- Vermont will backfill snap benefits for 15 days 13.
- I live in ct. Our governor ned lamont d has committed to residents their snap benefits will continue.