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Pritzker says added money for Illinois food banks won't be enough to offset partial SNAP benefits
NBC Newsยท2025-11-03 23:27

the $20 million that you set aside to help fund food banks statewide. Do you know what happens with that now that it's half funded. Does that get added to the pot, so to speak.How much will be there for them this month. >> SNAP is a 100% federally funded program. >> And so we're talking $90 million a week for Illinois is what normally would be provided.>> How big of a band-aid is that. >> $20 million isn't enough. It just isn't.And we don't have enough money. $360 million in a month. We we don't have an ext ...