The over $1 million in local support for SNAP recipients will go toward Mid-Ohio Food Collective and other organizations providing food support.

Posters have circulated on social media claiming several restaurant chains are offering free meals to SNAP recipients.

Some are calling on Gov. Maura Healey and state lawmakers to tap into the state's $8 billion rainy-day fund to make up the difference due to partial funding of SNAP in November. Raise Up Massachusetts, a labor-funded advocacy group that organized to pass the state's millionaires tax in 2022, wants Healey to take that step.

After SNAP benefits were halted Saturday, the USDA reminded retailers they must comply with the Equal Treatment Rule, which bars special food discounts for SNAP/EBT customers.

Gov. Kay Ivey announced she will use the state’s emergency fund to support food banks across Alabama as the federal government shutdown has suspended SNAP benefits. The governor will release $2 million to support eight food banks,

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has launched a food drive to support the LA Food Bank and the St. Joseph Center, as Trump threatens to stop SNAP benefits.

Nebraska food pantries and anti-hunger advocates were somewhat relieved but racked with questions and concerns this week after learning that, despite the federal government shutdown, about half of November public grocery benefits are expected to flow to the state’s SNAP recipients.

Nearly 3 million low-income New Yorkers will get partial SNAP food aid for November after judges forced the Trump administration to fund the program.