The Trump administration announced it would be using money from an Agriculture Department contingency fund. While this only presents $5 billion to recipients for the month of November, this means that payments will be short of the full $8 billion that SNAP benefits usually cost each month.

November payments have been significantly delayed, forcing families to go hungry. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits in full by Friday.

SNAP benefits were supposed to help families get through the shutdown. Instead, changing rules and partial payments have left many in Louisiana confused and hungry, unsure when help will come.