However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) warned that it no longer has the funding to deliver November food benefits. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general and three governors in suing the Trump administration over the funding lapse, saying the funds do exist in a contingency fund.

President Trump said he would fund SNAP in a social media post Friday, after two judges ordered the administration to distribute money to recipients of the program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.

Over 300,000 Connecticut families are worrying about where their next meals will come from as the government shutdown impacts the distribution of SNAP benefits.

There are work requirements to receive SNAP benefits, according to the USDA, among them registering for work, participating in specific employment training, taking any suitable job if one is offered "and not voluntarily quitting a job or reducing your work hours below 30 a week without a good reason."

Governor Ned Lamont and other top Connecticut leaders held a press conference on these issues, at 10 a.m. on Monday. News 8 livestreamed the remarks in the video player above. VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.

Yes, Connecticut officials said that EBT cards will indeed continue to work during the government shutdown, even in November when no new SNAP funds will be issued. The USDA confirmed this in a statement sent to all SNAP state agencies.

The loss of SNAP benefits is expected to affect Norwich in multiple ways. Here's how local leaders are preparing.

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

More than 350,000 Connecticut residents won't receive SNAP benefits on Saturday because of the federal government shutdown. The emergency funding is a short-term fix, bit food banks said it won't come close to filling the gap.

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