The nearly 1 million Washington residents and 130,000 Idahoans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should still expect to tighten their belts this November as even a judicial

Weeks of uncertainty during the longest government shutdown in American history have left some states struggling to issue payments to food stamp recipients.

Ferguson criticized President Donald Trump’s “callous social media statement” on the subject, in which the president claimed that SNAP benefits increased by billions of dollars under Joe Biden’s administration and were “haphazardly ‘handed’ to anyone for the asking.”

Washington residents receive delayed SNAP benefits after a court order, with Governor Ferguson and state efforts providing support amidst previous withholding by the Trump Administration.

Shortly after telling states that the food assistance program would be fully funded, the administration asked the Supreme Court to step in.

More than 250,000 Washington households have received their full SNAP benefits for November. Governor Bob Ferguson marked the occasion with a statement praising the development and criticizing

As many SNAP recipients are having to do without, the Gilroy Unified School District hosted a meal program to help fill the void.

The last minute order pauses the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until a lower appeals court rules on the case.

Data from March 2025 shows that 903,541 Washingtonians received SNAP benefits in that month, which is 11.2% of the state’s population.