SNAP benefits have officially expired, leaving hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents without critical food assistance. The Trump administration has until 5 p.m. Monday to respond to a ruling which could allow the use of contingency funds to keep the program running during the ongoing government shutdown.

News broke a short time later that the Trump administration decided to partially fund SNAP. The program costs about $8 billion per month nationally and $72 million per month in Connecticut.

CT families receiving SNAP benefits could lose nearly $200 monthly on average, a bigger hit than families would feel in any other state.

With a federal government shutdown likely to expand into November, hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut will not receive November SNAP benefits.

Hundreds of thousands of Connecticut residents are set to lose SNAP benefits on Nov. 1. Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that $3 million in emergency state funding will

Connecticut will spend $3 million to partially supplement federal food aid benefits for residents during the government shutdown.

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into November.