Democrats are working to balance their health care demands and find solutions for SNAP, with Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján on Wednesday introducing legislation that would direct the USDA to release available contingency funds to ensure benefits under SNAP and the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program continue during the shutdown.

People across the metro Atlanta area are getting creative to help families facing hunger as SNAP is expected to run out tomorrow.

A federal judge in the District of Massachusetts may force the Trump Administration to fund SNAP on the eve of the program running out of funds.

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Trump's administration's argument that SNAP benefits could be suspended for the first time in the food aid program's history because of the government shutdown.

Almost a month into the federal government shutdown, concerns over how this could impact Michiganders continue to loom large, especially when it comes to food assistance benefits.

The state Senate approved a plan for $70 million in emergency funding — $50 million would go to direct payments for households in need, and $10 million each would go to food bank assistance and produce purchases. But the House won’t be able to vote on the bill until Tuesday at earliest.

Agriculture Department officials said Friday they cannot use a contingency fund to continue paying the SNAP program, despite earlier shutdown guidance allowing its use.

The USDA says SNAP food benefits will stop on Nov. 1.