The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

The government shutdown is only becoming harder for Americans to bear. But Republicans and Democrats still have yet to strike a funding deal.

Lawmakers in Louisiana approved a resolution Wednesday to allow the state's Department of Health to use up to $150 million in funding for some people who would normally receive SNAP benefits.

As SNAP benefits are set to dry up on November 1, Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program amid the government shutdown. Symone Sanders Townsend reports on "The Weeknight.

An average of 41.7 million people, or 12.3 % of the U.S. population, received SNAP benefits each month in Fiscal Year 2024, according to the USDA. October 2025 reports indicate that about 42 million Americans participate in SNAP monthly.

Nearly 42 million Americans won’t get SNAP benefits Nov. 1 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Here's what recipients can expect.

The city of Flint is making plans to launch a food voucher program to help households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if benefits are suspended starting on Saturday, Nov. 1.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Wake Tech Care Center is preparing to assist students and their families as thousands of Wake County residents are expected to lose their food assistance by Saturday.

Experts say the number of Oregonians who utilize SNAP reflects both the economic realities and deliberate policy choices made by Oregon leaders in the past.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the prospect of November's SNAP benefits going unpaid indefinitely is growing closer.