Governor Maura Healey said that delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits went out to Massachusetts recipients on Saturday morning.

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.

Gov. Ned Lamont says he has authorized the state to pay out the entire monthly cost of the federal food assistance program using state funds.

A video of a large line outside a food bank in Cleveland has gone viral amid the ongoing freezing of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP) during the government shutdown.

The more than one in six Oregonians who rely on federal food assistance will have fully-funded benefits for November, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Friday, following weeks of heightened concerns about hunger during the longest government shutdown in American history.

A DCYF spokesperson says the USDA agreed Friday to release that money, despite a U.S. Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration’s pause on the benefits to continue.

Gov. Josh Shapiro will be making a major announcement Friday afternoon about the availability of SNAP benefits for Pennsylvanians.

Because of the federal government shutdown, the Trump administration originally had said SNAP benefits would not be available in November.

Governor Josh Shapiro, other officials are set to make a major announcement regarding the availability of SNAP benefits for Pennsylvanians.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday ordered state agencies to fully fund SNAP benefits for November after the Department of Agriculture said it would release emergency funds for the program. SNAP participants in the state should began having access to their full monthly benefits by Sunday,