Chicago-area groups helping neighbors in need as Illinois SNAP benefits lapse in government shutdown

Many Illinois families are still wondering how they will put food on the table after a U.S. Supreme Court justice put an ...
WBEZ

Partial SNAP benefits expected to reach Illinois residents starting Friday

Partial benefits for those who were supposed to receive them Nov. 1 through 6 will be sent out starting Friday, the Illinois ...

Judge orders Trump to fully fund SNAP. Will benefits return for Illinois recipients?

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund federal food assistance in November by Friday. Will benefits ...

Illinois SNAP recipients could receive partial payments beginning Friday

Illinois residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could receive partial payments as soon as ...
WGLT

Food banks in central Illinois await SNAP court rulings and potential impacts

Food banks in central Illinois are waiting to see how a federal judge's ruling on SNAP benefits will impact their operations.

Gov. Pritzker signs order supporting Illinois residents who rely on SNAP benefits

Two million people in Illinois rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. With the governor signing an executive ...
PolitiFact

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump ‘shut down the SNAP machines.’ There are no SNAP machines

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a vocal Democratic critic of President Donald Trump during the federal government shutdown, mischaracterized the Trump administration’s actions related to food aid for ...

SNAP recipients in Chicago line up at food giveaways, uncertain when benefits will be loaded

They, like millions of Illinoisans, were recipients of the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP. However, ...