Snap Runs Out Of Money Nov. 1. States Are Now Figuring Out How To Feed Millions Of People - Beritaja

A national worker moves done the nutrient distribution statement astatine an arena giving nutrient to national workers affected by the shutdown successful Hyattesville, Md., connected Oct. 21, 2025. Tyrone Turner/WAMU

Tyrone Turner/WAMU

The national authorities shutdown continues without an extremity successful sight. In conscionable a fewer days, tens of millions of group are astatine consequence of losing national nutrient and nutrition benefits arsenic a result. This includes the about 42 cardinal group who trust connected the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aliases SNAP, antecedently known arsenic nutrient stamps.

The Trump management has warned that the debit-like EBT cards will not beryllium refilled and that the programme will run retired of money connected Nov. 1.

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates backmost to the Great Depression and has ne'er been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families pinch kids and group pinch disabilities.

Individual states grip the distribution, while the national authorities provides the costs and infrastructure that powerfulness the debit-like cards.

In a missive dated Oct. 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) told authorities agencies to clasp disconnected distributing November benefits "until further notice" because of insufficient funds. The left-leaning Center connected Budget and Policy Priorities has called connected the agency to displacement money from its contingency money and different places to support SNAP astatine slightest partially funded. It contends the USDA has a ineligible responsibility to do truthful since SNAP is an entitlement program. But the USDA rejects that argument, stating successful a memo Friday that its contingency costs are "not legally available" to widen regular benefits and are meant only for "natural disasters for illustration hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods."

As BERITAJA's Stephen Fowler reports, a conjugation of much than 2 twelve Democratic attorneys wide and Democratic governors from 3 states are suing the Trump management complete its determination to suspend national nutrient benefits during the authorities shutdown.

Now, arsenic November looms, states are trying to benignant what options they could connection beneficiaries to capable the spread successful nutrient assistance.

— Jennifer Ludden, BERITAJA 

Reporters from the BERITAJA Network are covering the effect of this imaginable lapse successful states crossed the country.

Here's what we cognize truthful far.

Alabama

• Roughly 749,000 group participate successful SNAP successful Alabama, according to the USDA. 
• Alabama's Department of Human Resources (DHR), the agency responsible for SNAP successful the state, says connected its website that individuals could still use for SNAP benefits during the suspension and DHR will proceed to process applications and find eligibility. Benefits will not beryllium issued until the suspension is lifted.
• Current SNAP recipients, however, "must proceed to recertify their benefits, study arsenic they usually would, and taxable each archiving that would usually beryllium required for them to proceed successful the program," DHR says. This is basal truthful that each SNAP recipient could much quickly usage their November costs successful the market stores.

Alaska

• Roughly 66,000 group participate successful SNAP successful Alaska, according to the USDA. 
• Alaskans will not person SNAP benefits for November, according to the authorities Division of Public Assistance, unless the national authorities shutdown ends earlier then. [Alaska Public Media]
• Officials opportunity the section will proceed adding SNAP beneficiaries during the shutdown and Alaskans who mislaid nutrient because of Typhoon Halong successful occidental Alaska could use to get October SNAP benefits re-issued. Michelle DeWitt, executive head of Bethel Community Services Foundation, said the state's general nutrient information safety nets are already stretched bladed successful the aftermath of the early October storm. [Alaska Public Media]

Arizona

• More than 887,000 group participate successful SNAP successful Arizona, according to the USDA. 
• The Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers SNAP successful the state, is directing Arizona SNAP recipients to section nutrient banks if they request contiguous nutrient assistance. Food banks successful Arizona could beryllium recovered done the Arizona Food Bank Network. [KJZZ]

Arkansas

• Roughly 236,000 group participate successful SNAP successful Arkansas, according to the USDA. 
• Arkansas' Department of Human Services says SNAP beneficiaries should hole for a hold aliases disruption successful November benefits, according to an Oct. 22 station connected the agency website. The agency is awaiting further guidance from USDA.
• On X , Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders echoed Republican talking points, blaming Democrats for the shutdown and the effect connected SNAP beneficiaries successful her state.  She wrote Monday, "SNAP doesn't conscionable service families - it helps mini municipality market stores too. But 2,700 Arkansas retailers soon won't beryllium capable to service SNAP-recipient customers because of the Democrat's shutdown. Democrats request to do their occupation and extremity punishing families and mini businesses."
• Arkansas' DHS is pushing SNAP recipients to find section nutrient pantries, churches and different organizations for impermanent nutrient assistance and to cheque for eligibility of different nutrient programs. 

California

• Over 5.5 cardinal group participate successful CalFresh — the state's implementation of the federally funded SNAP program. Well complete 1 cardinal group successful LA County. The different awesome SoCal counties — San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange — each person much than 300,000 group connected CalFresh, according to authorities data. [LAist]
• Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Oct. 22 that he would deploy the California National Guard to support nutrient banks crossed California arsenic the national authorities shutdown drags on. [KQED]

Colorado

• Gov. Jared Polis said 600,000 Coloradans, half of whom are children, won't get SNAP benefits connected Nov. 1. Polis warned that authorities backing would not beryllium about capable to offset the national SNAP delay. [Colorado Public Radio]
• As the Nov. 1 day nears, nutrient banks and region wellness services person been preparing for a hold successful the national programme and accrued crowds needing assistance. [Colorado Public Radio]

Connecticut

• SNAP serves an estimated 360,000 group successful Connecticut per year, according to authorities officials. [CT Public]
• Connecticut will walk $3 million, which will agelong about 2 weeks, to partially supplement national nutrient assistance benefits done the nonprofit Connecticut Foodshare. [WSHU]
• Shortly aft the latest shutdown began, immoderate Connecticut legislators asked if the authorities — which has enjoyed unprecedented fund surpluses averaging much than $1.8 cardinal since 2017 — could again pump immoderate of its ain resources into SNAP benefits. But if EBT cards are unopen disconnected that could beryllium ineffective. Officials say  they are exploring options to grow emergency assistance to nutrient pantries and banks and different nonprofit nutrition assistance services. [CT Public]

Delaware

• Over 110,000 group successful Delaware participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• Gov. Matt Meyer confirmed connected X that the authorities shutdown means Delaware will not beryllium capable to rumor much than $20 cardinal dollars successful monthly SNAP nutrient benefits to about 60,000 Delaware households. He wrote, "We're a authorities of neighbors, and we'll get done this — together."

District of Columbia

• Over 130,000 group successful the District of Columbia participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb was among a group of authorities attorneys wide who signed connected to a missive to the USDA asking for explanation connected why reserve costs group speech for this intent were not being used. 
• The Capital Area Food Bank has seen immoderate of its ain national backing slashed moreover arsenic request skyrockets. [WAMU]

Florida

• Nearly 3 cardinal group successful Florida participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a Democrat from Orlando, is calling connected Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-majority Florida Legislature to convene a typical convention and walk authorities to money SNAP, arsenic a imaginable lapse successful national backing looms owed to the national authorities shutdown. [WLRN]
• In addition, earlier this month, Florida lawmakers learned that the authorities had a 15% administrative correction complaint successful 2024, which will costs the authorities about $1 cardinal a twelvemonth starting arsenic early arsenic 2027. [WUSF]

Georgia

• SNAP serves 1.3 cardinal group successful Georgia, according to the USDA.
• At the aforesaid time, the state's SNAP administrators opportunity they request much than $60 cardinal from the authorities to support staffing successful 2026 to dress up for national cuts. [WABE]
• Local reporting highlights the nonstop effect this nonaccomplishment of backing has connected the state's system and agrarian communities, especially. Fox5 Atlanta reports that SNAP "injects much than $3 cardinal per twelvemonth into Georgia's economy, supporting complete 2,300 market stores, large container chains, specialty shops and farmers markets statewide." And 17% of agrarian Georgians trust connected SNAP, compared to 11% successful metro areas. 

Guam

• Over 32,000 group successful Guam participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero signed a measure Monday that costs SNAP done November for the about 30% of Guam's organization that person the benefits. 
• Pacific Daily News reports that the rule intends that $12.3 cardinal will spell to SNAP and $800,000 will spell to the USDA's Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, aliases WIC benefits.

Hawaii

• Over 150,000 group successful Hawaii participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Hawaii is mounting speech $100 cardinal to thief eligible families pinch lodging and inferior payments. [Hawai'i Public Radio]
• Earlier this month, Hawaii Foodbank Vice President Marielle Terbio told Hawai'i Public Radio that those successful request should scope retired for assistance. Updated lists of nutrient distributions could beryllium recovered astatine hawaiifoodbank.org/help, arsenic good arsenic resources for Maui astatine mauifoodbank.org. [Hawai'i Public Radio]

For much resources successful Hawaii, head to Hawai'i Public Radio. 

Idaho

• Over 130,000 group successful Idaho participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says it will not administer nutrient stamps successful November. [Boise State Public Radio]
• The Idaho Foodbank, which serves about 216,000 group each period done 400 partners crossed the state, anticipates an summation successful group accessing nutrient pantries and crockery kitchens arsenic benefits tally retired astatine the extremity of the month. [Boise State Public Radio]

Illinois

• Nearly 2 cardinal group successful Illinois participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Food pantries successful Chicago are urging families to hole a "plan B" if national benefits are paused for the nutritional programme that helps low-income households. [WBEZ]

Indiana

• Roughly 600,000 group successful Indiana participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• A connection connected the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration website says the authorities can't rumor November SNAP benefits until backing is restored. [Louisville Public Media]
• Nonprofits that service lower-income families successful Southern Indiana opportunity they're worried about the shutdown exacerbating nutrient insecurity successful the area.  [Louisville Public Media]

Iowa

• Over 250,000 group successful Iowa participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday she has directed the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to clasp regular calls pinch nutrient banks and is reviewing the state's nutrient insecurity consequence plan. [Iowa Public Radio]
• Kathy Underhill, CEO of the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC), which runs a web of 14 nutrient pantries, said this would deed low-income Iowans incredibly hard. "November is ever the busiest period successful the nutrient slope and nutrient pantry world, and if SNAP benefits do not spell retired connected clip successful November, the capacity of nutrient banks and nutrient pantries will beryllium pushed to their very limits," Underhill said. [Iowa Public Radio]
  

Kansas

• Over 186,000 group successful Kansas participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly confirms the threat to SNAP benefits for thousands  successful the state. She is presently running a statewide listening tour that will now see nutrient drives to support section nutrient banks to thief capable the request near by a region successful SNAP benefits. 
• Kelly is besides among the 3 Democratic governors and much than 2 twelve Democratic attorneys wide suing the USDA complete suspension of SNAP benefits.

Kentucky

• Over 550,000 group successful Kentucky participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA. 
• Funding for nutrient assistance benefits adjacent period isn't coming, Gov. Andy Beshear said, owed to the national authorities shutdown. Funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families programme is besides delayed. [LPM]
• Beshear is among the 3 Democratic governors and much than 2 twelve Democratic attorneys wide suing the USDA complete suspension of SNAP benefits.

Louisiana

• Over 800,000 group successful Louisiana participate successful SNAP according to the USDA. 
• Gov. Jeff Landry and the Louisiana Department of Health are notifying SNAP recipients they will not person caller benefits starting Nov. 1. 
• Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein sent a missive this week announcing plans to furlough unit who activity for SNAP arsenic a consequence of the national authorities shutdown. [WWNO/WRKF]

Maine

• Nearly 170,000 Mainers, aliases complete 12% of the state's full population, could suffer nutrient assistance if SNAP benefits are not funded for November.  According to Maine Department of Health and Human Services, those who request further resources are encouraged to telephone 211 for help. [Maine Public]

Maryland

• Over 660,000 group successful Maryland participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Friday that he will not pat into authorities rate reserves to salary for benefits. [WYPR]
• The Maryland Department of Aging is urging group to spell to nutrient banks if they are incapable to spend nutrient during the halt successful benefits. [WYPR]
• In summation to the added demand, the Capital Area Food Bank has seen immoderate of its ain national backing slashed moreover arsenic request skyrockets. [WAMU]

Massachusetts

• Over 1 cardinal group successful Massachusetts participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA. 
• State officials and the United Way are partnering to help raise money to offset the imaginable lapse successful national nutrient assistance. [GBH]
• Massachusetts receives about $240 cardinal monthly from the national authorities for the program, which officials opportunity can't beryllium covered by the authorities budget. [WBUR]

Michigan

• Over 1.4 cardinal group successful Michigan participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Michigan is suspending nutrient assistance payments starting successful November until further notice, according to the authorities wellness department. [Michigan Public]
• The Greater Lansing Food Bank, which covers 7 counties done 300 nutrient partners,  purchased further nutrient to relationship for an expected higher request [Michigan Public]

Minnesota

• Nearly half a cardinal group successful Minnesota participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• The nonaccomplishment of national backing leaves a $73 cardinal void successful Minnesota's nutritional information net, and authorities officials opportunity location isn't capable money to supply Minnesota participants pinch their November benefits. [MPR News]
• Gov. Tim Walz announced coming $4 cardinal successful emergency authorities backing for Minnesota's nutrient shelves arsenic the national shutdown continues. [MPR News]

For much connected nutrient assistance resources successful Minnesota, head to MPR News. 

Mississippi

• Over 350,000 group successful Mississippi participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• The Mississippi Department of Human Services announced connected Oct. 24 that benefits won't beryllium issued successful November because of the ongoing shutdown.
• Gov. Tate Reeves attacked Democrats successful Congress for the shutdown, saying connected X that his authorities is incapable to screen the costs, "There is sadly nary elemental measurement for authorities government to conscionable measurement successful and salary the hundreds of millions of dollars successful harm that this shutdown by the Washington Democrats is causing."

Missouri

• Roughly 650,000 Missourians will not person SNAP benefits for the period of November owed to the ongoing authorities shutdown. [St. Louis Public Radio]
• In a statement, Missouri's wellness services section said it will proceed to "accept and process SNAP applications, reported changes, and mid-certifications" arsenic normal. Once the shutdown is over, the section will activity quickly to reconstruct SNAP benefits, the connection said. [St. Louis Public Radio]

Montana

• Over 80,000 group successful Montana participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• The Montana Food Bank Network expects request connected section nutrient banks to emergence the longer the shutdown persists. [Montana Public Radio]

Nebraska

• Over 150,000 group successful Nebraska participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Like different Republican governors, Nebraska's. Jim Pillen blamed Democrats for the shutdown on societal media. 
• The authorities agency responsible for handling SNAP benefits says much updates will travel later but confirmed the programme will apt beryllium disrupted owed to the authorities shutdown. 

Nevada

• Funding for Nevada's management of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides nutrient assistance for about half a cardinal Nevadans, is group to tally retired connected Nov. 1 [Nevada Public Radio]
• Keeping the programme moving requires about $90 cardinal a month, and Gov. Joe Lombardo's agency argues that creating a state-funded system would require legislative approval. State Treasurer Zach Conine warned that the nonaccomplishment of benefits could instantly trim the state's economical output by $162 million. [Nevada Public Radio]

New Hampshire

• The authorities is readying to supply support to the much than 75,000 authorities residents who trust connected SNAP, according to the authorities Department of Health and Human Services. The section announced plans Thursday to partner pinch the New Hampshire Food Bank to dress up for the delayed national funds. [NHPR]
• The wellness section said it is unclear if EBT cards will activity amid the shutdown successful November and encouraged group to usage their remaining benefits, which typically rotation complete each month, by Oct. 31. [NHPR]

New Jersey

• Over 800,000 group successful New Jersey participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• NJ SNAP said different programs for illustration Work First New Jersey and the Child Care Assistance Program will not beryllium impacted by the shutdown. 
• Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy issued a statement blaming Republicans for the shutdown and urging them to usage about $5 cardinal successful SNAP contingency costs group speech for emergency circumstances. He said, "These decisions are putting families crossed our authorities successful intolerable positions, forcing them to take betwixt feeding their children, affording life-saving medications, aliases paying rent. We spot this for what it is – a clear abandonment of America's working- and middle-class families."
  

New Mexico

• Nearly half a cardinal group successful New Mexico participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, said an "emergency nutrient plan" is emerging that tasks charitable organizations and schools pinch counteracting the expected nonaccomplishment of $90 cardinal successful SNAP benefits for 250,000 New Mexico households. [KUNM]

New York

• Nearly 3 cardinal group successful New York participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA. According to authorities and metropolis data, 1.8 cardinal of those are successful New York City. [Gothamist]
• Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that she's exploring whether the authorities could nonstop schoolchildren location pinch meals arsenic the ongoing national shutdown threatens November's nutrient assistance benefits. [Gothamist]
• Erie County First Deputy Commissioner of Social Services Dan Szewc said the Department of Social Services will interaction SNAP households straight pinch emergency nutrient assets accusation starting this week. [Buffalo Toronto Public Media]

North Carolina

• Over 1.4 cardinal group successful North Carolina participate in SNAP, according to the USDA.
• The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says November SNAP benefits could beryllium disrupted if the national authorities shutdown continues. [WFAE]
• Jason Kanawati Stephany is vice president of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, which serves about 40% of the state's population. Earlier this year, Kanawati Stephany told WUNC that North Carolina's 7 Feeding the Carolinas nutrient banks distributed 250 cardinal meals complete the past year. But for each 1 they provided, Kanawati Stephany said, SNAP provides nine. [WUNC]
• The state's lawyer general, Jeff Jackson, and 22 different authorities attorneys wide issued a informing to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that refusing to usage reserve costs group speech for this nonstop business would beryllium unlawful. [PRE]

Northern Mariana Islands

• Gov. David M. Apatang has formally requested a $3.9 cardinal emergency appropriation from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 2026 fund to prolong Nutritional Assistance Program (NAP) benefits for November 2025. [Isla Public Media]
• The region only adopted the EBT strategy for benefits earlier this month. The hold was owed successful portion to the unsocial artifact assistance statement pinch the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which provided elasticity but exempted the Commonwealth from national mandates tied to EBT implementation [Isla Public Media]

North Dakota

• Over 50,000 group successful North Dakota participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Gov. Kelly Armstrong says the authorities possesses the resources to respond to the shortfall — but not the infrastructure. "We're still trying to get much guidance to fig retired if there's a measurement we could lessen the impact." [Prairie Public]

Ohio

• Over 1.4 cardinal group successful Ohio participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA. 
• Mike Cochran pinch the Mid-Ohio Food Collective said his agency has already been dealing pinch accrued demand, serving about 5,000 families a day, 58% much than astatine the highest of COVID pandemic. [Ohio State News Bureau]
• One group who activity pinch low-income Ohioans will beryllium handing retired boxes of macaroni and food and ramen noodles for families to return location astatine upcoming "Trunk aliases Treat" events successful ceremony of Halloween. [Ohio State News Bureau]
• U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown said she is moving pinch chap Rep. Emilia Sykes to create a measure that would guarantee SNAP benefits are continued during immoderate early national authorities shutdowns. [Ideastream Public Media]

Oklahoma

• About 685,000 group successful Oklahoma usage SNAP to thief bargain groceries crossed the state, according to the Department of Human Services. [KOSU]
• Oklahoma officials promote participants to fastener their unused cards to protect against physics theft of benefits. [KOSU]
• Oklahoma is 1 of the about food-insecure states successful the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Tasha Mousseau, vice president of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, told KOSU location is existing nutrient insecurity successful agrarian communities and tribal nations, which intersects pinch the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. Mousseau said feeding group is not only about providing sustenance but besides an important portion of tribal culture. 

For much connected really Oklahoma tribal nations are preparing to capable the gap, head to KOSU.

Oregon

•  Over 750,000 group successful Oregon participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA. 

•  Gov. Tina Kotek announced past week that those enrolled successful the programme will not person benefits aft the extremity of the period owed to the authorities shutdown. [OPB]
• In southwest Oregon's Josephine County, 1 successful 5 residents participates successful the SNAP program. Food pantry workers location are gearing up for longer lines, longer hours and the abrupt unit from group losing their national nutrient assistance. [OPB]
• More than 3,500 retailers statewide participate successful SNAP, generating $1.50 to $1.80 successful economical activity for each dollar spent, according to the Oregon State Treasury. [OPB]

Pennsylvania

• Roughly 2 cardinal group successful Pennsylvania participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA, nearly 472,000 of those successful Philadelphia alone. The looming SNAP frost would hap against the backdrop of the commonwealth's ain fund impasse, which has stalled billions of dollars meant for schools and societal services. [WHYY]
• Gov. Josh Shapiro is among the 3 Democratic governors and much than 2 twelve Democratic attorneys wide suing the USDA complete suspension of SNAP benefits.
• Food banks and the charitable nutrient web "are not designed to switch national nutrition benefits," Colleen Young of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank told WESA.
• "The Commonwealth cannot backfill these costs," Pennsylvania quality services officials said successful a connection announcing location would beryllium nary benefits paid successful November. [WESA]
  

For much connected replacement free resources successful the Philadelphia region and really you could thief neighbors experiencing nutrient insecurity, head to WHYY. For much connected replacement resources successful the Greater Pittsburgh area, head to WESA.

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico offers residents the Nutrition Assistance Program (or PAN successful its Spanish acronym) successful spot of SNAP.  It is unclear what the authorities shutdown's imaginable effect will beryllium connected recipients of this program, but lawmakers opportunity the good is moving dry.
• Officials successful the Puerto Rican authorities person provided conflicting accusation connected really overmuch PAN is funded for November, according to the San Juan Daily Star.

Rhode Island

• Over 140,000 group successful Rhode Island participate successful SNAP according to the USDA.
• Gov. Dan McKee announced he is putting together a "rapid response" to capable the request for SNAP recipients
• The Providence Journal reports that Helena Foulkes, who is moving to oust McKee successful adjacent year's Democratic gubernatorial primary, is calling for a "state of emergency" and for the National Guard to beryllium called successful to for logistics and nutrient distribution assistance and to coordinate the state's "response crossed authorities agencies, nutrient banks, organization organizations, municipalities, and national partners."

South Carolina

• Over 550,000 group successful South Carolina participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• The South Carolina Department of Social Services announced that it was instructed to "hold November 2025 SNAP issuance files" until told otherwise. 
• Erinn Rowe, CEO of Harvest Hope, South Carolina's largest nutrient bank, says the fast-moving pieces are a situation for some SNAP beneficiaries and nutrient banks. "It's for illustration immoderate disaster we respond to," she said. "Our extremity is to make judge group person food." [South Carolina Public Radio]

South Dakota

• Over 75,000 group successful North Dakota participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• South Dakota's Department of Social Services  confirmed the imaginable disruption and urges recipients to hole for imaginable benefits gaps, beforehand observant usage of existing SNAP benefits and to look for nutrient banks aliases pantries. 

Tennessee

• Roughly 700,000 group successful Tennessee participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• In a connection Friday, Gov. Bill Lee told Tennessee SNAP participants to expect a lapse successful benefits. The connection from the governor's agency said the authorities could not usage its ain costs to support the programme because it does "not person a system to load benefits onto customer cards."
• Timmeshia Fleming is simply a mother of 3 successful Nashville who has utilized SNAP benefits disconnected and connected for years. She said interruptions and delays mean money has to spell to nutrient alternatively of different bills. She told WPLN, it's particularly harrowing erstwhile it comes without ample warning. [WPLN]

Texas

• SNAP provides nutrient purchasing support to about 3.5 cardinal Texans, including much than 1.7 cardinal children. Those benefits magnitude to about $617 cardinal per month. [KUT]
• According to the state's benefits website, "SNAP benefits will not beryllium issued if the national authorities shutdown continues past Oct. 27."
• Sari Vatske, CEO of the Central Texas Food Bank, said much Texans will look nutrient insecurity successful the coming weeks if SNAP benefits are delayed, starring to greater request astatine nutrient banks. [KUT]

Utah

• Over 170,000 group successful Utah participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Matt Whitaker, head of the Cache Community Food Pantry, said the pantry supplies nutrient to about 1,600 families each month, and each family could sojourn doubly a month. Whitaker said that the organization tends to ramp up donations during the months starring up to the vacation season. [Utah Public Radio]
• Meanwhile a Heber City nutrient pantry is already seeing an accrued request from group whose SNAP accounts are empty. [KPCW]

Vermont

• If SNAP benefits tally retired astatine the extremity of the month, 63,000 Vermonters would suffer their benefits. SNAP dollars money the Vermont programme 3SquaresVT. [Vermont Public]
• The Vermont Legislature passed a fund successful May that group speech about $100 cardinal to offset imaginable national backing losses, but Vermont's Secretary of Human Services Jenney Samuelson told authorities lawmakers that the authorities mightiness not beryllium capable to leverage those reserves. A contingency scheme is expected to beryllium presented to cardinal lawmakers this week. [Vermont Public]

Virginia

• Over 800,000 group successful Virginia participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• On Oct. 23, Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a authorities of emergency to supply hunger alleviation arsenic SNAP benefits consequence moving out. The bid allows the authorities to usage emergency costs to support nutrient assistance until national backing resumes. [WHRO]
• Youngkin said Tuesday that backfilling the SNAP benefits will costs the authorities $37.5 cardinal a week from the authorities surplus. Deposits will beryllium made play starting Nov. 3 [WAMU]
• The metropolis of Richmond precocious released numbers indicating much than 54,000 group presently person SNAP benefits, meaning much than 1 retired of each 5 residents usage the program. [VPM]

Virgin Islands

• Over 20,000 group successful the U.S. Virgin Islands participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• According to a press merchandise from the governor's office, "the Department of Human Services, successful coordination pinch the Department of Finance, will rumor a cheque to each SNAP family covering half of its November monthly allotment. Checks will beryllium mailed to the mailing reside connected record for each household."

Washington

• Nearly 900,000 group successful Washington participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Washington Attorney General Nick Brown was among the group of authorities attorneys wide who signed a missive to the USDA asking for explanation connected why reserve costs group speech for this intent were not being used. 

West Virginia

• Nearly 280,000 group successful West Virginia participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• Gov. Patrick Morrisey's agency says West Virginia does not person the fund to screen the costs of the program. [WVPB] 
• Food pantries successful the region are already struggling to meet the needs of the community, pinch request astatine one pantry almost doubling successful a week. And Kelly Allen pinch the West Virginia Center connected Budget & Policy, told West Virginia Public Broadcasting that section charities do not person the resources to meet the request that losing SNAP will create. [WVPB] 

Wisconsin

• According to the USDA, about 700,000 group successful Wisconsin participate successful FoodShare, Wisconsin's sanction for SNAP. 
• In a property merchandise Oct. 22, Gov. Tony Evers said the state's strategy will tally retired of money astatine the extremity of October. Evers encouraged group to interaction their legislature representatives and inquire for an extremity to the shutdown.

For much connected replacement resources successful Wisconsin, head to WUWM. 

Wyoming

• Roughly 30,000 group successful Wyoming participate successful SNAP, according to the USDA.
• The Wyoming Department of Family Services says it is monitoring the business and will stock information arsenic it learns more. Recipients of SNAP benefits successful Wyoming will not get those benefits starting Nov. 1 

BERITAJA's Jaclyn Diaz, Padma Rama, Carol Ritchie, Emily Alfin Johnson, Kristian Monroe and Jennifer Ludden edited this piece.