Mid-Ohio Food Collective's CEO, Matt Habash, explains the impact of a $1M combined investment from Columbus and Franklin County amid SNAP lapse.

SNAP benefits ran out on Saturday, Nov. 1, leaving thousands of Arizona families unsure how they’ll buy food this month. But Monday marked the launch of Food Bucks Now, a temporary Arizona state government program giving each SNAP recipient $40 to help bridge the gap. At Superstition Ranch Market in Mesa, the lines stretched down the aisles.

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

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.

"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - At least one Mid-South state is pausing November SNAP benefits as the government shutdown enters its third week. Mississippi is placing "issuance files" on hold as federal funding begins to run out, a spokesman told FOX13. As soon as ...

The pain of the shutdown is being felt by millions of other Americans as the federal government enters Day 32 of a funding squabble.