Portland Restaurant Partners With Saipan Cafe to Serve 300 Free Meals Sunday Morning
SAIPAN — A Portland, Oregon restaurant is reaching across the Pacific to help feed Saipan families recovering from Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
Lions Club Distributes 200 Relief Packages to Saipan Families Saturday Morning
SAIPAN — Members of the Lions Club of Saipan assembled and distributed 200 relief packages to community members Saturday morning as part of ongoing recovery efforts following Super Typhoon Sinlaku.
Nutrition Assistance Program Office Open Limited Hours Through April 29
SAIPAN — The CNMI Nutrition Assistance Program office will be open April 22 through April 29, excluding weekends, with limited hours of 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Hours are subject to change in case of emergency.
King-Hinds: USDA sending $150M for NAP; CNMI to get partial November benefits
SAIPAN — In a video update posted Wednesday morning, CNMI Congresswoman Kimberlyn King-Hinds said the U.S. Department of Agriculture will disburse $150 million to the territories for the Nutritional Assistance Program, covering roughly half of November benefits.
CNMI NAP update: King-Hinds says D.C. to unlock contingency funds; local processing expected soon
SAIPAN — A federal court ruling has directed the administration to tap contingency funds for this month’s food assistance. About 30 minutes before Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds filmed her update this morning, the White House announced it would move to release at least half of monthly SNAP benefits while it works through legal authority.
King-Hinds urges USDA to allow CNMI NAP prior-year funds to keep EBT benefits during shutdown
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Kimberlyn King-Hinds asked U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to authorize the Commonwealth’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) to use unspent prior-year federal funds so monthly food benefits can continue during the ongoing federal government shutdown. In an Oct. 28 letter, King-Hinds said allowing CNMI NAP to carry forward legally available balances would keep benefits flowing through the EBT system “without interruption until these funds are expended.”
AP: Trump administration posts notice that no federal food aid will go out Nov. 1
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.
DELEON GUERRERO: ‘NO FAMILY IN THE MARIANAS SHOULD GO HUNGRY BECAUSE OF POLITICS IN D.C.’
SAIPAN — Independent U.S. House candidate Galvin Sablan Deleon Guerrero is calling on federal officials to immediately restore funding for food aid in the Commonwealth after the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the CNMI Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) to suspend November benefits because of the ongoing federal shutdown. Millions of low-income households in the 50 states and territories are at risk of losing access to food assistance next month as the shutdown drags on and USDA says it will not draw on emergency funds to cover November aid.