The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP, is the largest federal nutrition-assistance program in the U.S.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to temporarily suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

Across the country, there are over 41 million people enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, known as SNAP.

Nearly 42 million Americans won’t get SNAP benefits Nov. 1 according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Here's what recipients can expect.

As the government shutdown continues, the Trump administration announced last week that federal food aid will not be distributed.

As the federal shutdown approaches the one-month mark, Americans are feeling the impact of lost funding and closed programs. States are rushing to fill gaps in food aid and early childhood services, while military families brace for missed paychecks.

Starting Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions are in jeopardy as the impacts of the weeks-long federal government shutdown expand.

However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) warned that it no longer has the funding to deliver November food benefits. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell co-led a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors in suing the Trump administration over the funding lapse, saying the funds do exist in a contingency fund.

Nearly 700,000 Wisconsin residents could see their food assistance benefits pause in November amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the prospect of November's SNAP benefits going unpaid indefinitely is growing closer.