More than 360,000 people in Connecticut could get their full SNAP food benefits after all.

On Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for November, instead of the partial funding the U.S. government proposed.

They have one day to come up with the money.

But SNAP recipients are still limbo because the White House immediately appealed the ruling.

Parents like Kerrian Latibeaudiere, of Bridgeport, have waited almost a week for their food payments.

“I feel sad. I can’t feed my kids in the right way,” she said. “I don’t know what’s going to happen for Thanksgiving, for the rest of the month.”

U.S. District Judge John McConnell ordered the Department of Agriculture to fully fund SNAP by Friday. He dismissed USDA’s argument that there is not enough money to cover the nearly $9 billion cost.

“People have gone without for too long,” U.S. District Judge John McConnell told administration lawyers. “Not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.”

States and cities argued that reducing benefits is a logistical nightmare that could take weeks to resolve.

“The government did make the payments to the states,” Justice Department attorney Tyler Becker argued. “This is a state problem.”

But McConnell blasted the Trump administration, noting that the president himself posted on social media that SNAP benefits will be paid “only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government … and not before.”

The order came in a lawsuit filed by the city of New Haven and nearly two dozen other groups. The state of Connecticut and 25 other states filed a similar lawsuit.

“It is clear and the courts have ruled, the Trump administration must fully fund SNAP and they need to do it now," Gov. Ned Lamont said. "Until this is resolved, Connecticut is continuing to make contingency plans to ensure that no family goes hungry because of Washington’s dysfunction. Any further delay by the federal government in these payments is not only unlawful, it is simply immoral. These families need this funding now.”

The government appealed McConnell's ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday evening.

If you get SNAP benefits, the money should get to your EBT card by Monday.

“We’ve got some good news on that,” Gov. Ned Lamont said on Wednesday, before the judge’s ruling. “We’re going to be able to recharge those cards in less than a week.”

If benefits are fully paid, a family of four qualifies for up to $975 a month. USDA argued that it can only afford $646. A family of two would get as little as $16 – and some SNAP recipients would get nothing at all.

“The recipients of these SNAP benefits need to understand it’s going to take some time to receive this money because the Democrats have forced the administration into a very untenable position,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “We are digging into a contingency fund that is supposed to be for emergencies, catastrophes, for war.”

State officials are scrambling to keep up with the constantly changing situation.

At first, the government planned to freeze all payments starting Nov. 1. But after two judges ordered the agency to use contingency funds, USDA agreed to cover 50% of SNAP’s benefits.

Then, on Wednesday evening, the agency issued yet another set of guidelines that only reduce benefits by 35%.

SNAP benefits are in limbo because of the 37-day federal government shutdown, now the longest in history. The stalemate is over Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats want to extend before agreeing to reopen the government.

“Settling for some kind of vague promise about a vote in the future on some indeterminate bill without any definite inclusion in the law, I think is a mistake,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal. “I think voters would rightly see it as a surrender.”

Senators are considering a short-term funding plan to end the shutdown, attached to a larger package of full-year bipartisan bills, CNN reported. One proposal would guarantee SNAP funding through September 2026. according to POLITICO.

“There are Democrats who are inclined to do the right thing,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) “They’re under an enormous amount of pressure from the left.”

But it’s unclear if the U.S. House will agree to a deal.

“I’m less optimistic this morning than I was yesterday because we were hearing that there were some common sense centrist Democrats who were talking to Republicans, but what I understand is that Chuck Schumer has pulled them back from that and that they're being instructed and told they can't go there,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Thursday.

The shutdown also means reduced flights at New York area airports because of a shortage of air traffic controllers.

As the shutdown drags on, food pantries are struggling to keep up with demand.

“We have people waiting, so we’re trying to get the shelves full,” said Mary Green with Bishop Jean Williams Community Market in Bridgeport. "The additional families that are coming is putting a heavy load on us to be able to provide.”

To fill the gap, the state is sending food banks $3 million. Private donations are coming in too. Archbishop Christopher J. Coyne is directing the Hartford Diocese to release $500,000 in emergency funding to food banks across Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven counties.

If the judge's ruling is overturned or the shutdown drags into December, the state may have to fund SNAP benefits itself.

“I think I’m going to wait and see a little bit,” Lamont said. “We don’t have to jump ahead of this thing. We may just have this horrible shutdown solved within five days.”

Connecticut lawmakers are expected to set aside $500 million to counter cuts from Washington during a special legislative session next week.