HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) -- Governor Josh Shapiro is taking emergency action as nearly two million Pennsylvanians worry about how they'll afford groceries in the coming days. The governor confirmed that SNAP benefit recipients will not receive money on their cards on November 1.

Mark Cuban donated to a fund intended to tie over SNAP recipients in Pa. while funding for the food assistance program remains in limbo.

Shapiro stands with governors and attorneys general of 25 states and the District of Columbia who have sued the USDA over the decision to halt SNAP payments.

The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services website said: "Because Republicans in Washington D.C., failed to pass a federal budget" November SNAP benefits can't be paid.

Governor Shapiro will announce Pennsylvania's plan to sustain its food aid network following a freeze on SNAP payments, and he has joined a multi-state lawsuit against the Trump Administration.

It is the second foray by Ms. Garrity into using her office's financial clout to step in when other functions of government are coming up short.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from halting food aid during the shutdown, keeping SNAP benefits in place for millions.

On Friday two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds duri