When SNAP benefits will arrive is still in flux. Here's what communities are doing to fill the gap

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

SNAP benefits are under scrutiny. Here are a few things to know about the USDA program

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.
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November SNAP benefits cut and delayed: USDA says some states may wait months

States will likely experience procedural difficulties which would affect November SNAP benefits reaching households in a timely manner and in the correctly reduced amounts,” the USDA said.

Judges order USDA to restart SNAP funding, but hungry families won’t get immediate relief

Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.

NY's 3 million SNAP enrollees to get partial food aid from USDA after courts force funding

Nearly 3 million low-income New Yorkers will get partial SNAP food aid for November after judges forced the Trump administration to fund the program.

Federal judge gives USDA deadline to agree to authorize SNAP amid shutdown

The action comes two days after more than two dozen states sued the USDA, the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits.
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