Some 42 million recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will have to wait for them to be restored after losing them on Saturday.

The day after Halloween was certainly no treat for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians who rely on SNAP benefits to help with their grocery costs.

While the fate of SNAP benefits still hangs in limbo, individuals and groups in Rochester are stepping up to help those worried about where their next meal will come from. The Trump administration’s plans to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

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 suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

SNAP food assistance benefits are running dry this weekend for millions of Americans due to the government shutdown. It's creating a crisis for many Bay Area families who depend on the monthly benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), facing its first-ever funding lapse on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, is