With a federal government shutdown likely to expand into November, hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut will not receive November SNAP benefits.

Federal funding for SNAP food assistance could halt Saturday, leaving 360,000 Connecticut residents without new benefits on their EBT cards.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, alongside the United Way of Greater New Haven and the Coordinated Food Assistance Network, announced Friday a response fund to aid SNAP recipients. Connecticut lawmakers debate how to help SNAP recipients The Neighbors United Emergency Response Fund comes as the government shutdown looms,

You know, when my kids were little, I was on SNAP. I was on food stamps, It was the difference between me putting my kids to bed hungry, and not.”

Career Resources in Bridgeport is trying to do its part to keep low-income households fed as the federal government shutdown impacts food benefits.

Over 40 million Americans could lose access to federal food assistance Saturday if the government shutdown continues into November.

The federal government has announced that there will not be any new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits starting on November 1st.

The fight over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spilled over from Washington into Connecticut on Wednesday, with the State Senate’s Democratic leadership calling on their Republican counterparts to urge the Trump administration to release billions stowed away in a federal contingency fund.

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H ARTFORD - Connecticut is among 21 other states and three governors in suing President Donald Trump along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary Brooke Rollins over the administration's decision to suspend SNAP benefits for November, state Attorney General William Tong announced Tuesday.