Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds will not be issued in November because of the federal government shutdown. Why it matters: More than 750,000 Alabamians depend on the more than $140 million in federal support each month,

Recipients and those in need of food assistance should still submit applications and other documentation, even though the assistance will not be distributed starting Saturday. The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) announced Monday that benefits for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) will be suspended for November.

Millions rely on food assistance each month, and with the government shutdown still in place, food stamps will soon run dry.

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.

This evening, the Office of Governor Kay Ivey released a statement afterAlabama DHR announced SNAP benefits will be suspended in November.

New numbers show that as many as 70,000 people in Birmingham could lose their SNAP benefits in the coming days.

Thousands of Alabama families could soon lose access to their food-stamp benefits as the federal government shutdown drags on. For Ashley King, a single mother of two in Montgomery, the timing couldn’t be worse.

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) says Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be suspended

The USDA says food stamp funding will be suspended Nov. 1 due to the shutdown. Louisiana's governor issued an emergency order to continue state SNAP benefits. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama residents who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive new payments in November due to the federal government shutdown, state officials said.

Alabama grocers are sounding the alarm over the government shutdown and suspension of SNAP benefits, which they say play a vital role in the state’s economy. According to a statement from the Alabama Grocers Association,