330,000+ Wisconsin families received November FoodShare money, but there's still confusion as Trump admin. appeals order

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CUDAHY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- There's continued uncertainty over SNAP benefits for those who rely on food assistance.

Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release SNAP payments in full to states for November.

Hours later, Governor Tony Evers said his administration moved to pay those benefits to FoodShare members immediately. But now, there are more questions after the Trump administration appealed that federal judge's ruling, leaving the entire system potentially up in the air again.

There's been a steady stream of people going in and out of the Project Concern food pantry in Cudahy Friday. We talked to multiple FoodShare recipients who say they did get notification their EBT accounts received a deposit.

There is still some confusion, as the Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's order calling for November SNAP money to be released. 

At midnight, a total of $104,416,432.13 in funding was issued for 337,137 Wisconsin households, according to the Evers administration. They say those payments have not been affected because no court has granted an emergency stay of the decision.

The governor's office added they were still following the situation closely in case any new rulings come down that would affect the money sent out to FoodShare recipients

We left messages with a White House spokeswoman Friday; they have yet to respond.

On the ground, people say they've been charting out a list of which food pantries they could use this month. So, they were happy to get confirmation their FoodShare cards had money added overnight.

"I was watching the news at like 6, 7 a.m. this morning and I seen that some people got their food stamps," recipient Joshua Knight said. "So, I called my food stamp card, and it says my money's on there."

"It means the most," FoodShare recipient Eriana Nieves-Rivera said. "I was running low on food. I couldn't come to the food pantry. I was actually just here Wednesday for my kids, so it helps."

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