WASHINGTON — If the government shutdown lasts into November, more than 750,000 Alabamians could miss out on food assistance.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is set to run out of money in less than a week if the federal government’s funding lapse stretches into next month, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has warned.

In Alabama, the Department of Human Resources, which oversees the program, did not respond to multiple requests for comment. But Carol Gundlach with Alabama Arise said the U.S. Department of Agriculture has notified Alabama and all states that there is not enough money for November benefits.

Gundlach, who has been doing advocacy work for more than 30 years, said she’s never seen a situation like this.

“We are real aware that what is kind of going

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