Gov. Maura Healey said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Massachusetts are "fully funded" as the legal battle over food stamps continues. | WBZ / CBS News Boston

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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly food stipends for nearly 42 million low-income Americans. But that number is expected to decline due as eligibility changes in last year's federal budget law take hold, and food banks are ill-equipped to make up the gap. The law also shifts billions of dollars in SNAP admin costs—and potentially a portion of monthly benefit costs—from the federal government onto states. These changes all mean that SNAP funding and food securit