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Subject Month of May foodstamp program could be affected by shutdown

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Original Message Welfare ("Temporary Assistance for Needy Families") will be unaffected, writes the Times. It is funded through September. Food stamps have a different fate. They're provided at the beginning of each month, so they'll be fine unless a shutdown lasts into May.

Finally, the federal government provides the funding for extended unemployment insurance benefits. These are very important to millions of long-term unemployed Americans who have exhausted the number of weeks states will provide unemployment insurance. The Treasury has the duty of providing states with the funds to pay extended benefits, and it has indicated that these payments will continue, even if the federal government shuts down.
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