新墨西哥州拨3000万美元州款补发食品补助：46万居民先领约三成
新墨西哥州圣菲县圣菲市，州长米歇尔·卢汉·格里沙姆宣布，州政府自11月1日起提供3000万美元州资金，在联邦政府停摆期间为低收入儿童与家庭、老年人和残障居民补发食品补助。
美国农业部决定自11月1日起暂停全国4200万人的联邦食品援助计划（SNAP）。在新墨西哥州，约46万人受影响，约占全州人口的21%，参与率为全美最高。州卫生保健局于11月1日把州资金发放到符合条件居民现有的电子福利转账卡上，这笔资金与联邦食品援助资金分开，约可帮助居民度过11月最初10天。
按州政府的安排，居民11月收到的州资金约相当于当月补助的三成；已在领取州级补充补助的老年人和残障住户将继续获得100美元。州政府同时签署40项行政命令，每项授权75万美元（州法规定的单项上限），并宣布进入紧急状态。格里沙姆说：“这3000万美元州资金将确保有需要的家庭、老年人和儿童在11月仍能把食物端上餐桌。”
州政府表示，居民应继续通过 YES.NM.GOV 网站、拨打1-800-283-4465或前往卫生保健局收入支持处办公室申请补助，联邦资金恢复后，补助将按申请日期衔接。
（来源：新墨西哥州州长办公室）
New Mexico Puts Up $30 Million in State Funds for Food Benefits: 460,000 Residents to Receive About 30 Percent First
In Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that the state will provide $30 million in state funds starting November 1 to keep food benefits flowing to low-income children and families, seniors and residents with disabilities during the federal government shutdown.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture decided to suspend the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for 42 million people nationwide starting November 1. About 460,000 people in New Mexico are affected, roughly 21 percent of the state's population, the highest participation rate in the nation. The state Health Care Authority loaded the state funds onto eligible residents' existing electronic benefit transfer cards on November 1. The money is separate from federal SNAP funding and is intended to help residents through roughly the first 10 days of November.
Under the state's plan, the state funds residents receive in November equal roughly 30 percent of their monthly benefit; elderly and disabled households already receiving the state SNAP supplement will continue to receive $100. The state also signed 40 executive orders authorizing $750,000 each, the maximum allowed for each order under state law, and declared a state of emergency. "This $30 million in state funding will ensure that families, seniors, and children who need assistance will still be able to put food on their tables in November," Lujan Grisham said.
The state said residents should keep applying for benefits at YES.NM.GOV, by calling 1-800-283-4465, or by visiting a Health Care Authority Income Support Division office, and that benefits will be tied to application dates once federal funding resumes.
(Source: Office of the Governor of New Mexico)
来源：新墨西哥州州长办公室
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图片来源：图：圣菲总督宫夜景（新墨西哥州圣菲）。Dicklyon 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Palace of the Governors at night in Santa Fe, New Mexico. By Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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