US EditionSNAP benefits will soon be tied to error rates. These states are in the biggest trouble
The government shutdown risks smaller November SNAP benefits for 42 million low-income Americans, with potential coverage loss for over 2 million, officials said.
- On Oct. 15, a federal judge ordered the US Department of Agriculture to keep funding SNAP, but Acting SNAP Head Ronald Ward warned November benefits may be insufficient amid the shutdown.
- With Senate Republicans and Democrats in stalemate, President Donald Trump's July spending plan will reduce SNAP funding and raise work requirement age to 54.
- The program serves 42 million low-income Americans and about 12% received benefits as of August 2025, according to USDA data.
- The Congressional Budget Office estimated over 2 million Americans could lose SNAP coverage with the adjustment, and during the 2018–2019 longest shutdown, early February 2019 payments avoided freezing benefits.
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Oklahoma Voice: SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders nowhere near negotiating, state officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts to nutrition assistance benefits that feed millions if the government isn’t reopened.
Olmsted County weighs options as potential loss of $2 million in federal food support looms
ROCHESTER — Olmsted County is weighing options to support residents’ food needs if federal support dries up at the end of the month. “This is about to get really real for a lot of people,” Olmsted County Administrator Travis Gransee of the potential loss of federal food benefits. The county has 5,907 households — comprising 10,716 individuals — receiving roughly $1.7 million in combined benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
SNAP to run out of money two weeks, affecting 144,000 Rhode Islanders
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — 42 million Americans facing food insecurity could lose access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming weeks as the government shutdown drags on. This includes 144,200 Rhode Island residents who utilized the program in the 2024 federal fiscal year, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. 1,113,700 Massachusetts residents utilized the program in that time. According to US Sec…
Iowa HHS says food assistance recipients could be without benefits in November
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday that those receiving federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, won’t receive their November benefits if the federal government shutdown continues. According to the news release from Iowa HHS, the state received notice from the U.S. Food and Nutrition Service late last week that all states should not issue November benefits. This ne…
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