Rebecca Vallas is the Vice President of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress and the host of Off-Kilter, a nationally distributed radio show and podcast about poverty and inequality.
Even with February benefits protected, the Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the shutdown is starting to create problems for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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