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.

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.

The federal government will not send out November SNAP benefits if the shutdown continues into the weekend. But what happens to benefits already on EBT cards?

The Fair Food Network (FFN) is expanding its Double Up Food Bucks Program in Michigan due to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) halting SNAP benefits for November amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the scope of Virginia Emergency Nutrition Assistance, a stopgap state-funded program to cover SNAP cutoffs Nov. 1.

San Francisco is stepping in to help thousands of families worried that they may not be able to put food on the table as their federal benefits run out due to the government shutdown.

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry

SNAP helps 41.7M Americans afford food, but a shutdown could halt benefits starting November 1. LeeAnne Lowry. More Videos