{"id":33254,"date":"2025-11-04T20:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33254\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:19:07","slug":"without-snap-lauderhill-nonprofit-tries-to-meet-higher-demand-for-food-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33254\/","title":{"rendered":"Without SNAP, Lauderhill nonprofit tries to meet higher demand for food assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAUDERHILL, Fla. \u2014 Stephanie Reyes, who works as a boat captain to provide for her family of six, is among the 42 million, including 14 million children, nationwide who benefit from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a>, formerly known as food stamps.<\/p>\n

Without a deposit so far this month in her SNAP card, Reyes turned to Lifenet4families<\/a>, a non-profit organization that runs a community cafe and food pantry Monday to Saturday in Lauderhill. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be great to get the full amount, but if half is what is going to be given, then hey, time to stretch,\u201d Reyes said. <\/p>\n

The SNAP monthly benefit before the shutdown was about $350 per household. Antoine Homer, a Lifenet4families volunteer, said more people than usual are arriving at the nonprofit\u2019s headquarters hungry. <\/p>\n

\u201cI see a lot, 300, 400 people a day come here to eat so it\u2019s a struggle out there,\u201d Homer said. <\/p>\n

Denise Brown, the Lifenet4families chief executive officer, said the nonprofit needs to expand the food pantry service. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at the ZIP Code 33311, it has the highest rates of poverty,\u201d Brown said about the area in Fort Lauderdale. \u201cAnd obviously, that means we need to be here every day, working to do everything that we can to mitigate that.\u201d<\/p>\n

MIXED MESSAGES <\/p>\n

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, announced on Tuesday<\/a>, day 35 of the federal government\u2019s shutdown, that the Trump administration was \u201cgetting that partial payment out the door as much as we can and as quickly as we can.\u201d <\/p>\n

After cities and nonprofits in Rhode Island filed suit<\/a> to protect SNAP nationwide, U.S. District Judge Jack McConnell ordered the Trump administration on Friday to use a contingency fund, with $4.65 billion remaining, to pay some of the benefits. <\/p>\n

\u2033We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n

In Massachusetts, after dozens of states filed suit over SNAP, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a memo and order on Friday<\/a> saying the \u201csuspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also on Friday, after the two federal judges\u2019 orders, Trump hosted a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-A-Lago with a guest list that included State Secretary Marco Rubio. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe way he rubs his inhumanity in Americans\u2019 face never ceases to stun me,\u201d Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy wrote on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning, before Leavitt\u2019s announcement, Trump shared a post on Truth Social<\/a>, the social media platform owned by Sarasota-based Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.<\/p>\n

\u201cSNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden\u2019s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly \u2018handed\u2019 to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!\u201d<\/p>\n

During her afternoon news conference, Leavitt said the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which stopped the SNAP funding on Saturday, issued guidance to the states on Tuesday about the partial aid.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administration is fully complying with the court order,\u201d Leavitt said. <\/p>\n

More on help for those in need in South Florida<\/p>\n

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