U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has co-sponsored the Keep SNAP Funded Act. According to the Office of John Cornyn, the Act would appropriate full, necessary funding to provide uninterrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to 3.

A Texas charity will be providing grocery store gift cards for families in need in El Paso County after the government shutdown paused SNAP benefits.

The ongoing shutdown means more than $600M per month won’t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump that money into the state economy.

The Houston Food Bank, along with other anti-hunger organizations, prepares for the surge in demand they expect will come with the end of SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown.

Food banks across Texas are preparing for increased demand as SNAP benefits are set to halt Saturday, affecting millions of Americans who rely on the program for food assistance. In the Brazos Valley,

As the government shutdown continues, hundreds of thousands of Central Texans will soon lose their SNAP benefits.

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.

As the Golden Triangle prepares for Novembers holidays, millions in food assistance funds will be unavailable.