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Food banks already strained by shutdown brace for surge with SNAP benefits set to expire
Nearly a month into the shutdown, food banks across the country are already straining to meet rising demand from hundreds of thousands of federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay.

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Moore responds to SNAP benefits pause with emergency $10 million for food banks
Stressed food banks brace for SNAP stoppage: ‘We cannot meet the gap’
New York declares state of emergency to fund food banks as federal food aid set to lapse
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on No...

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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate
State can’t fund SNAP directly during shutdown; WV food banks need more money, Democrats say
Judge considers demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown
Talwani acknowledged that even ordering emergency funds to pay for SNAP might still be painful for some SNAP recipients because it could mean they get less money and that the money they do get could ...

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SNAP recipients concerned shutdown will cut off critical ‘lifeline’ for food
Shutdown stops SNAP benefits; East Texas food banks prepare

SNAP Fears Spark Flood of Food Bank Videos On Social Media

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) costs around $8 billion per month and helps approximately 42 million low- and no-income Americans buy food and other groceries. Preliminary data from the USDA shows the value of SNAP benefits sent out to recipients in May 2025 was $7,864,859,076—the latest month for which data is available.

South Bay food bank braces for crush of people as CalFresh payment pause looms

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — The York County Food Bank announced it is preparing to help seniors with SNAP benefits set to freeze beginning on Nov. 1. According to the food bank, thousands of seniors across York County are bracing for a difficult November as the federal government shutdown continues. York County Food Bank said […]

Who receives SNAP? Food aid for 1 in 8 Americans is threatened in November.

A look into the Americans who could be affected by the delay of SNAP food assistance during the government shutdown.
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