The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has helped low-income Americans buy groceries for decades with few disruptions. But on Nov. 1, 2025, the federal government halted the flow of funds to states to distribute as SNAP benefits.

Because of the government shutdown, many families will not have SNAP benefits, leaving many wondering how they'll feed their households.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides government assistance to bring food and other necessities to low-income households.

Supreme Court issues emergency stay on federal judge's ruling that would have forced Trump administration to transfer $4 billion for SNAP program funding.

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

The last minute order pauses the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until a lower appeals court rules on the case.

The status of federal food assistance across the country has gone from a halt in benefits during the longest government shutdown on record to court orders requiring the feds to resume benefits, a plan to partially fund SNAP and two emergency appeals from the Trump administration, the latest sought from the U.S. Supreme Court.

As the federal government shutdown continues, funding for SNAP is in peril, leading some to wonder exactly what it is.

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

The rapidly approaching holiday season tends to be the busiest part of the year for agencies and nonprofits that deal with food assistance, but compounding factors like the ongoing government

On Nov. 3, the Trump administration in a court filing said it would make partial payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, using contigency funding though when recipients will see benefits remains unknown.