Preliminary Injunction Granted In SNAP Recipients' Suit Over FFCRA Interpretation

Mealey's (September 14, 2020, 12:38 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11 granted a motion for preliminary injunction filed by Pennsylvania supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) recipients who allege that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) interpretation of a portion of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), legislation created in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, has wrongly denied temporary emergency allotments of food to the poorest households in their state (Latoya Gilliam, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al., No. 20-3504, E.D. Pa., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166171)....