Court Victory Safeguards SNAP Access, Protecting Families and Nonprofit Food Providers Nationwide
United Way of Rhode Island, several RI nonprofits and cities, and the National Council of Nonprofits celebrates an important legal victory as it concludes its lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s abrupt termination of existing waivers protecting part-time workers and job seekers from losing access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
“Without this lawsuit, the administration’s actions would have inflicted immediate and irreparable harm on families and communities across the country—forcing families to skip meals and overwhelming nonprofit food pantries,” said Diane Yentel, President and CEO, National Council of Nonprofits. “I applaud the federal courts for providing urgently needed protections to help ensure access to vital food assistance for millions of households.”
As a result of the litigation, the federal court issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the administration from prematurely terminating the waivers. By this past Saturday, February 28, nearly all relevant waivers expired on their own terms, providing nonprofits and communities protection from the administration’s efforts. For that reason, all of plaintiffs' claims are now moot, and the parties submitted a joint stipulation of dismissal to the court that concludes the litigation.