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Alabama SNAP recipients to not receive benefits Nov.1, says USDA. Here's what to know
The USDA has announced that SNAP benefits will not be issued Nov. 1. How many Alabamians will be affected? What to know.
Food assistance for more than 40 million people – including 750,000 in Alabama – will stop Nov. 1 as the government shutdown continues.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources has confirmed the state will not be providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November because of the federal government shutdown.
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SNAP in Alabama: Interactive map shows percent of population receiving benefits in each county
Americans uses the SNAP program to buy groceries, but this week, according to *** memo put out by the Department of Agriculture, Federal food aid will not go out beginning November 1st. *** post on their website reads the well has run dry and blamed Senate Democrats for demanding health care concessions amid the now nearly month-long government shutdown.
If SNAP, the federal food stamps program, is suspended in November, about 750,000 people in Alabama are expected to need help finding food. A judge ruled Oct. 31 that the federal government should fund the program, but it is unclear whether November benefits might arrive on time -- or at all.