Under Trump's budget law, food assistance for refugees will be sliced. The change is sowing fear, uncertainty and a struggle for survival.

Beginning in November, SNAP will undergo new eligibility changes, including but not limited to work requirements and immigration status.

About 42 million people receive money through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sometimes called food stamps. The U.S. Agriculture Department told states in an Oct. 10 letter that if the shutdown continues, the program will run out of money to pay for benefits in November.

While the political and legal wrangling continues, the bottom line for thousands of families, including the 1 in 20 in Utah who rely on food stamps for at least part of their food, is uncertainty about the future and no benefits at the moment.

Anti-hunger groups and state officials have warned that the administration’s plans to make partial payments are onerous and could still result in severe harm.

The USDA said it would provide partial food stamp benefits for November, but it's unclear exactly when participants will get those funds.

But states are currently confronting the end of exceptions to work requirements for older adults, homeless people, veterans and those recently living in foster care. Those could threaten benefits even for people who are working but who may struggle with the paperwork to prove they’re meeting the requirements, advocates say.

C NN is kicking off its annual Call to Earth Day, an initiative celebrating individuals who are protecting the planet and combating climate change. This year’s theme, Guard Your Green Space, invites people to show how they’re preserving their shared spaces for future generations.

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the U.

Utah taxpayers will shoulder a higher share of administrative costs associated with food stamps under the so-called "big, beautiful bill," but rough estimates suggest the state can avoid having to chip in to cover benefits directly. | Laura Seitz, Deseret ...

None of this is normal. Food-stamp benefits have never been cut like this in the current program’s more-than-60-year history. “It is a significant inflection point in the program’s history,” Christopher Bosso, a political scientist at Northeastern University who wrote a book on SNAP, told me. “Where we go from here is anyone’s guess.”