SNAP development director Sasha Gersten-Paal has said there won't be enough funds to send benefits to the roughly 42 million food stamp recipients next month. However, the Trump Administration might be legally required to provide SNAP even during shutdown, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Some 42 million Americans collect SNAP benefits. But benefits could be disrupted in November due to the government shutdown.

Americans face a "tough time" as food banks are unlikely to be able to meet the demand amid the government shutdown.

More than 1.6 million people in D.C., Maryland and Virginia receive SNAP benefits that will stop next week if the federal shutdown continues.

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers are poised to lose their food stamp benefits after the USDA said it wouldn’t use any of its $6 billion contingency fund to cover benefits in November.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson accused USDA of “withhold[ing] food from children just to play shutdown politics.”

SNAP benefits are set to expire Nov. 1 for more than 684,000 Oklahomans, according to the state Department of Human Services.

A Michigan nonprofit says it has seen an uptick in calls from concerned residents after state officials announced SNAP benefits would be temporarily paused amid the federal government shutdown.