The U.S. Department of Agriculture told a federal court that it will tap into a contingency fund to allow states to issue partial SNAP benefits.

Here’s what SNAP benefits are, who funds them, the average amount that participants will be missing next month and some food assistance resources.

About one in eight Pennsylvanians depend on SNAP for grocery assistance totaling about $366 million each month.

A top official at the Department of Agriculture said food aid beneficiaries will receive up to 65% of their benefits, more than the initial 50% in partial payments.

In a brief order, the U.S. Supreme Court acceded to a request by the Trump administration to at least temporarily block enforcement of an order by a lower court judge to fund the full November allotment for each of the 42 million Americans who qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless.

About 42 million people participate in SNAP, which provides food assistance to low-income households. But online, X users have fueled doubts about the program’s beneficiaries.

Pa. SNAP recipients say they lost sleep over the program's halt, cut out meat and worried about meeting their health needs.

Late Monday, the Oklahoma DHS said the state's SNAP recipients will receive partial funding for November in their EBT accounts in the next 24 hours.

More than 500,000 Nevadans rely on the food assistance program, which was temporarily cut off during the federal shutdown.