Phil Murphy, along with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Nick Scutari, was preparing to accelerate SNAP funding for food programs.

As the government shutdown reaches November, putting SNAP benefits in question, New Jersey is handing out grants to help food banks.

SNAP benefits will not be distributed on Nov. 1 due to a lack of funding from the ongoing government shutdown.

SNAP benefits are set to run out due to the shutdown, but how many people get food stamps in NJ? Here's a breakdown.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will expire on November 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown. While judges ordered the Trump administration on Friday to use contingency funds for SNAP payments during the shutdown,

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, said it will stop making payments Nov. 1. If the department makes good on that promise, it would be the first time the program has been disrupted since it started during the Great Depression.

Cathedral Kitchen in Camden, New Jersey, has broken its record for most meals in a day, and could break that record again if SNAP is not funded.

The article SNAP Pause: What Morris County Residents Should Know appeared first on Morristown Patch. MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on hold, Morris County officials are working with several organizations to ensure residents have access to food.