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The federal government is open again. That means families on federal food assistance are getting full payments after more than a month of uncertainty. Even with the end of the shutdown, reservation residents and tribes may still face consequences in the aftermath.

State health officials say they are working to quickly send partial payments to families on federal food assistance. A court ordered the Trump administration to partially fund the SNAP program during the federal government shutdown.

Montana tribes are trying to find ways to feed members who will lose federal food assistance. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has been paused because of the federal government shutdown.

Federal food benefits for low-income Americans won’t be available next month. Federal officials say funding has run dry because of the government shutdown.

The Montana Food Bank Network, already facing through-the-roof demand for its services, is now seeing more need for holiday food assistance.

More than half of Montana households have members with health conditions requiring special diets, according to the Montana Food Bank Network. A growing nonprofit network is developing a "prescription produce program" to help Montanans use food as medicine.

Health department Director Adam Meier announced the plan Friday after previously telling lawmakers the agency would not renew the program.

The 49,000 Montana households that receive federal food assistance are losing a pandemic-related boost in benefits, although a smaller increase will stay in place through the summer.

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The work of a food pantry organization on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation has ballooned in recent months amid rising COVID-19 cases and the economic…