Connecticut is launching a new initiative to raise awareness and drive support for those affected by the cancellation of SNAP benefits, which was scheduled to take effect on Saturday, and is relying on content creators to spread the message.

President Trump said he would fund SNAP in a social media post Friday, after two judges ordered the administration to distribute money to recipients of the program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.

The Connecticut Content Creator Collaborative features influencers like Alexa Curtis, ESPN anchor Arda Ocal and Michael Pollack of New Haven Pizza Club.

(WFSB) -Two federal judges have ruled the Trump administration must continue to fund SNAP benefits to millions of Americans, a major development as roughly 360,000 people in Connecticut rely on SNAP. Payments were set to freeze, but people aren’t sure if or when the money would actually reach them.

Connecticut leaders are weighing in on a ruling ordering the Trump Administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the federal government shutdown. Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown Gov.

With a federal government shutdown likely to expand into November, hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut will not receive November SNAP benefits.

You know, when my kids were little, I was on SNAP. I was on food stamps, It was the difference between me putting my kids to bed hungry, and not.”

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into November.

Should the federal government shutdown continue, nearly 2 million people in Illinois could lose access to food stamps, as the Trump administration said funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will run out on Saturday.