Claire Lavezzorio is a reporter at KMGH Denver7 in Denver, Colorado.
More than 600,000 Coloradans are waiting to learn when their food assistance will return after a federal judge ruled SNAP benefits must be fully funded by Friday.The order issued Thursday requires that full funding be delivered to states no later than Friday, Nov.
7, from additional money held in reserve by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The Trump administration immediately appealed that order and earlier court decisions that required it to make at least partial payments to the SNAP program.While the back-and-forth plays out in court, many people right here in Colorado are left wondering where their next meal will come from. Denver7 met Annie Newton outside of a Lakewood food pantry Thursday. 'I've gone three days without eating, and that's the first time,' said Newton. 'Like, it's not usual for me.'Newton said she isn't confident that food benefits will return soon following the federal court ruling. 'I'm a little, yeah, cautiously optimistic, because it's been changing so much,' Newton said.While families wait in limbo, food banks across Colorado are trying to fill the growing need. Community Food Share in Louisville has seen demand spike by 20% during the crisis.'Our network is really built for situations like this,' said executive director of Feeding Colorado Mandy Nuku. Even if SNAP benefits are fully funded by Friday, food banks expect to continue seeing increased demand. Nuku said it normally takes five to 10 days for benefit cards to be loaded.'It's incredibly challenging, just because the different information, you know?' Nuku said. 'You prepare for one circumstance and then something happens the next day, as we're seeing with SNAP being partially funded, potentially fully funded as early as tomorrow.'Denver7 reached out to Colorado's Department of Human Services to find out when EBT cards will be reloaded.A spokesperson said, in part, 'CDHS is currently waiting for additional guidance, and is working to ensure it can issue SNAP payments as rapidly as possible.'Read the full statement from CDHS below: For Newton, getting benefits back would mean everything.'Christmas, Christmas for me,' she said. 'That I know we can go and buy what we need to be healthy, because food is medicine.' Read Denver7's previous SNAP coverage here: Northern Colorado butcher, baker give food to neighbors struggling amid SNAP freezeDenver grocery stores, shoppers brace for SNAP benefit freezeColoradans using Facebook groups to help neighbors ahead of SNAP benefit freeze'Really ironic': Nonprofit that trains people for food service careers feeds its students amid SNAP freezeDenver mom turns backyard into emergency food pantry on Halloween amid SNAP benefit uncertaintyScripps News Group contributed to this report.
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