The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court a federal judge’s order to provide full SNAP benefits for November. The high court agreed.

The US Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it is working to fully fund food stamp benefits for November to comply with a federal court order, and the process should be completed later in the day.

About 42 million Americans rely on SNAP to help pay for food every month. The payments help low-income individuals and families buy food at their local grocery stores with an EBT card that can be used on qualifying items. The average SNAP recipient earns $188 per person each month.

The government has asked the circuit court to allow U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates SNAP, to continue with the partial payment of SNAP and to "not compel the agency to transfer billions of dollars from another safety net program with no certainty of their replenishment."

SNAP recipients in California, particularly single moms, were preparing for the worst amid the federal shutdown. But then a court ruling came to their rescue.

The downward trend began in October 2024, three months before Trump took office, with 43,250,829 recipients. That figure fell by 231,981 in November and another 61,469 in December. In total, SNAP enrollment dropped by 1,515,619 between October 2024 and May 2025.

Curbside Gourmet in Martin County is offering free meals at various churches to anyone going hungry because of the SNAP lapse. Matt Somsy is using his food truck, Curbside Gourmet in Martin County, to help bridge the gap in SNAP. Somsy sets up in the parking lots of houses of worship and hands out food for his neighbors who are in a pinch.

Around 42 million people in the United States get SNAP benefits each month to cover basic needs like eggs, bread, and infant formula. Because of the government shutdown, most of those benefits have lapsed,