MOUNT STERLING, Ky. (WKYT) - Roy Miller has battled diabetes, cancer, heart problems and kidney failure in his 80 years. Come November, the SNAP recipient said he will have a new battle to fight - navigating life without food assistance.

“It doesn’t buy a lot, but it helps a little when you don’t have anything,” Miller said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a notice that federal funds for food aid will not be distributed on November 1. President Donald Trump’s administration rejected using $5 billion in contingency funds to provide partial benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, while the government is shutdown. Instead, those funds are being reserved for disaster relief that may be needed following Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.

Nearly 600,000 Kentu

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