The New Castle School District is hit especially hard. Seventy-six percent of the families in the district get SNAP benefits for food assistance, but a program run by the school has been helping families with food for more than a decade.

While Tennessee is not allocating funds to continue the SNAP program in the state, it is working with food pantries to help residents in other ways.

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s special session proclamation would need to include language allowing the Legislature to take such action.

Hundreds of people queued for food assistance at a central Texas high school on Saturday, November 1, as millions across America lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Due to the government shutdown,

Help is on the way for Americans who rely on food stamps. However, it could still be some time before SNAP recipients see that money.

As of November 1, 2025, millions of Americans—including many older adults—may not receive their monthly food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored after losing them on Saturday.

The state is taking action to protect Hawaii residents, both families and individuals, from impacts of the ongoing federal government shutdown and disruption to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.