Newer figures from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) show only slight shifts. As of September 2025, Harris County still has by far the largest number of SNAP-eligible individuals, while Fort Bend, Galveston, and Brazoria have seen the steepest growth. Montgomery County is the only major Houston-area county showing a decline.

Starting on Nov. 1, the food bank will launch several food distribution sites across Houston, providing food to 15,000 federal workers and SNAP recipients each week. The distributions will include protein,

The Houston Food Bank is opening special distribution sites for federal workers and SNAP recipients impacted by the ongoing government shutdown. The nonprofit is expecting to spend into a deficit to meet a surge of need as SNAP benefits are interrupted in November due to the shutdown.

The potential SNAP benefit delay could increase growing hunger crisis in Texas, a state which has the highest population of food insecure people in the U.S.

The Houston Food Bank is stepping up in a big way as the federal government shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits leave families across the region struggling to put food on the table.

Employed single mothers who make less than $41,000 per year rely on about $400 a month in government assistance to feed their children. But as the federal The Houston Food Bank's call volume has spiked since the federal government announced it would not be releasing SNAP benefits in November.

With the federal government still shut down, the USDA says SNAP funding could dry up next month, leaving thousands of North Texas families worried about how they’ll put food on the table.