Overview
- Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne authorized a $500,000 release from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal as an extra, one-time allocation beyond regular support.
- Funds will go to food banks across Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties to help cover shortages after SNAP payments halted on Nov. 1.
- Roughly 4.2 million people nationwide and about 360,000 in Connecticut lost access to benefits when the shutdown paused the federally funded program.
- Connecticut has provided a $3 million stopgap to Foodshare, far below the state’s typical $72 million in monthly SNAP benefits.
- The Trump administration said it will partially fund SNAP following court rulings, yet recipients and food banks still face uncertainty as demand surges and community drives expand.