Shutdown threatens SNAP benefits

Name: Shutdown threatens SNAP benefits
Uploaded: 2018-12-27T22:01:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Funding SNAP benefits for more than a million New Yorkers who rely on the food assistance program costs $5 billion per month. But if the federal government shutdown continues into February, the program won't have enough money to cover everyone who needs the benefits.

Funding SNAP benefits for more than a million New Yorkers who rely on the food assistance program costs $5 billion per month. But if the federal government shutdown continues into February, the program won't have enough money to cover everyone who needs the benefits.

Posted December 27, 2018 5:40pm EST