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.

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.

With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege the USDA is required to keep providing funds.

Governor Green announces a coordinated relief effort to support Hawaii families amid the federal shutdown, ensuring access to food and essential aid. Families can apply for the Hawaii Relief Program

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced additional steps his administration is expediting food assistance for at-risk Missourians, given the impending loss of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

The Executive Council has approved a plan to help Granite Staters who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as benefits are set to stop amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to court, accusing the agency of illegally withholding more than $230 million in monthly food assistance for 1.4 million North Carolinians.

The plan detailed how the agency would use the contingency fund provided by Congress to continue benefits. The fund holds roughly $6 billion, about two-thirds of a month of SNAP benefits, meaning USDA would still have to reshuffle an additional $3 billion to cover the remainder for November.