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Alaska didn’t use $5M set aside to fund SNAP during the shutdown, even though benefits were late

Posted 11/19/25

Alaskans who qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program received half of their benefits nearly a week late as a result of the federal government shutdown this month. Their full benefits were two weeks late, even though the state had emergency funds to prevent that. Officials say the state never used the $5 million per […]

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