In suing to halt restrictions in five states, the plaintiffs argued that the Trump administration violated laws authorizing SNAP and governing changes in policies. This article was originally published in the New York Times. Read it here. Food…
Read More →Request demands transparency into the nationwide new “Defend the Spend” policy affecting billions in child care funding FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 11, 2026 CONTACT: NEW YORK — Today, civil rights groups filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act…
Read More →A federal judge blocked the USDA from cutting off some food assistance funding this week, but other Trump administration threats to the state’s food assistance program remain. This article was originally published in Civil Eats. Read it here….
Read More →FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINNESOTA – Last Friday, the Trump administration announced that it will immediately suspend over $129 million in annual benefits funding from the USDA to Minnesota—and to Minneapolis in particular. This figure includes funding for SNAP…
Read More →New York Court Rules That State Agency Must Provide Administrative Hearings Within Timeframes and Restrains Collection of Overpaid Benefits For Immediate Release: January 5, 2026 Contact: New York, NY – In a major victory for New Yorkers reliant…
Read More →This article was originally published in Anchorage Daily News. Read it here. The Alaska Division of Public Assistance is continuing to lag in processing food assistance requests on time, new data reveals, amid a federal shutdown and other…
Read More →Under Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act, states must shoulder more of the administrative and cost burdens of the food aid program SNAP, which helps feed 42 million Americans. This article was originally published in The Daily Yonder….
Read More →Missouri has been working on updating its computer systems to improve how it administers social safety net programs since 2013. New federal rules mean that work will wait until at least 2028 This article was originally published in…
Read More →This article was first published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Read it here. Something really important happened during the recently ended shutdown of the federal government: poor people mattered. […] “A lot of people are suddenly understanding…
Read More →FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2025CONTACT: Patrick Fowler, Communications Strategist, NCLEJ | fowler@nclej.org MISSOURI – This week, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, and Stinson LLP are defending their victories in…
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