The Keep SNAP Funded Act would ensure that the USDA can keep paying SNAP benefits even when Congress hasn’t passed a new budget or temporary funding bill.

SNAP benefits will halt in November if the federal government shutdown continues. How it will affect people in Michigan.

While 25 states plus Washington, DC filed a lawsuit on Oct. 28 in an attempt to force the Trump administration to fund November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, questions remain about WIC, which also receives funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) but via different monies and processes.

After weeks of warnings, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that SNAP benefits will not be issued in November if the government shutdown continues. The federal government will not be issuing Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) payments on Nov. 1, 2025, due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Food assistance for more than 40 million people – including 750,000 in Alabama – will stop Nov. 1 as the government shutdown continues.

N.J. food pantries say they're in "uncharted territory" as a disruption in SNAP benefits looms due to the government shutdown.

Local food banks are preparing to serve more people as the federal shutdown threatens to pause food assistance benefits for many Arizona households.