Haiti’s government says that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 43 and that 13 others are still missing.

The world's largest nonprofit public health organization, which focuses on addressing the HIV AIDS epidemic, will be deploying 41 pallets with critical supplies, like generators, water, toilet paper, tents, tarps, ready-to-eat food kits, feminine hygiene kits and water purification tablets.

Far too little aid is reaching Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies said on Tuesday, as hunger persists with winter approaching and old tents start to fray following Israel's devastating two-year offensive.

An injection of $450 million for WIC comes as the Trump administration announced it would only fund partial benefits for another food aid program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP,

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.

Pennsylvania’s legislature has not passed a budget for more than 120 days, freezing critical state funds on top of the federal government shutdown.

One lawsuit, underway since February, has sought to compel President Trump to honor Congress’s vision for foreign aid. It still has a long way to go.

Several restaurants are offering discounted or free meals, and assistance is available through food banks and these community groups.

Parcels of non-perishable food, clothes, medicine, bottled water, first aid kits and other supplies have piled up at the centre in Maidstone Road. Mr Cole said they were expecting for the donations to be picked up later this week.

Pell Grants and federal student loans will still be processed. However, the speed of new FAFSA applications may slow down due to staff furloughs at the Department of Education and the Federal Student Aid program,