Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said the state issued Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to over 200,000 households on Friday before a Supreme Court ruling that halted an order requiring the Trump administration to provide full benefits to millions of Americans.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday froze the lower court order requiring the Trump administration to provide full food benefits to around 42 million Americans. Jackson's temporary order will give a federal appeals court more time to consider whether to provide the Trump administration with longer emergency relief while an appeal in the dispute over payments for SNAP moves forward. 

The Supreme Court ruling came as the administration closed in on a deadline set by a district court judge to cover food assistance for November in full, using roughly $4 billion for other nutrition programs to do so. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit had temporarily left in place the lower court's decision, after which the Justice Department sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court.

Following the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Nessel said the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued benefits to over 200,000 households whose benefits are provided on the third, fifth or seventh of each month. The Supreme Court's decision has stopped future full benefits from being distributed to Michiganders "for an unknown period," the Department of Attorney General said in a news release.

On Sunday, the Trump administration instructed states "immediately undo any steps" that were taken to provide full SNAP benefits to low-income Americans. According to a memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, SNAP payments sent to recipients for November were "unauthorized."

The United States Department of Agriculture said late last month that food assistance for November would not go out because of the ongoing government shutdown.  

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said on Saturday that all 96 emergency food distribution sites in Detroit will be "fully staffed and operational" through next week.

Duggan on Oct. 31 authorized $1.75 million in emergency funding for food pantries, including over $770,000 each for Forgotten Harvest and Gleaners Food Bank, and $250,000 for Metro Food Rescue.

"We need our 1,400 volunteers to show up on those sites as you have been," Duggan said regarding the 96 food distribution sites.

Learn more about where the sites are located here.

According to United Way of Southeastern Michigan, the organization has seen a huge uptick in people needing help.  

"We've seen an 87% increase in calls for 211, so we're back up to 800 calls a day. Utility assistance, food insecurity, and rent continue to be the highest," Hudson said in an interview with CBS News Detroit on Friday.  

NOTE: The attached video first aired on Nov. 7, 2025.