USDA Remains Blocked From Enforcing SNAP Recipient Data Demand

The US Department of Agriculture is preliminarily enjoined from withholding funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if states fail to hand over personal information about applicants and recipients, a federal court ruled.

More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sufficiently demonstrated that they were likely to convince the US District Court for the Northern District of California that USDA’s demand is contrary to the SNAP Act’s data security requirements, according to an order Wednesday.

The states also showed that the threat to their ability to administer their food aid programs ...