More than 40 million Americans wait to see when SNAP food assistance will restart

Food banks around the country are trying to pick up the slack from the pause in SNAP benefits. The courts say benefits must be restored but it is unknown when. Here, Park Hill Food Pantry volunteers in Denver work to fill the need on Friday.

About 1 in 8 U.S. residents get an average of $187 a month per person in the food assistance known as SNAP. For the first time, the Trump administration stopped the payments due at the beginning of the month.

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