Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

A federal court last week ordered the Trump administration to pay partial SNAP benefits. The United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 4 sent guidance to states delineating that "partial" means the maximum benefit households are able to receive is 50% of their traditional benefits.

The South Carolina State Guard is leading food distribution efforts at Harvest Hope Food Bank in Greenville to support families affected by the federal government shutdown and delayed SNAP benefits. R

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has received updated guidance from the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service requiring a recalculation of benefits for all 274,000 SNAP households in Indiana.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s special session proclamation would need to include language allowing the Legislature to take such action.

Trump prompted further concern when he threatened to withhold SNAP benefits until the end of the government shutdown.

States have opted to take different measures to continue supporting SNAP recipients, including increasing funding for food banks authorizing access to additional funding to cover the benefits themselv

With SNAP benefits in limbo for nearly one million Washingtonians, Gov. Bob Ferguson has redirected $2.2 million to state-funded food assistance, and Seattle has approved $1 million weekly for local food banks and meal programs.