The U.S. Department of Agriculture has informed states that approximately '42 million Americans' could lose their SNAP benefits from Nov. 1. They project that there will not be enough funding for the benefits for the entirety of November amid the government shutdown.

Earlier this year, Texas announced SNAP food restrictions —limiting the kind of food SNAP recipients can purchase using the benefits. And now, starting November 1, new eligibility and operational requirements for SNAP will come into effect.

Significant changes are coming to Ohio's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) following a federal directive.

Starting November 2025, Texas will implement significant changes to SNAP eligibility under the One Big Beautiful Bill. These updates, affecting adults without dependents, extend work requirements and modify exemptions,

Rep. Laura Gillen (D-Rockville Centre) called Republicans "shameful and cruel" for not keeping the food aid going. “Thousands of Nassau County seniors, veterans and families count on SNAP to put food on the table," Gillen said. "The Administration should reverse course and release the funds that New York state is owed immediately.”

Congress had just passed President Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation bill into law, introducing changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that downshifted some costs from the federal government to state governments and restricted the program’s eligibility requirements.