On Oct. 27, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department lacks the amount of money needed to cover SNAP benefits in November.

Rhode Island receives $29 million for SNAP each month, in two installments, and the program helps around 145,000 Rhode Islanders.

Gov. Dan McKee is declaring a state of emergency over the impending end of federal food assistance.

Thousands of low income families around Rhode Island may be left scrambling for food on Nov. 1 as benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dry up due to the ongoing government shutdown .

On Oct. 27, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department lacks the amount of money needed to cover SNAP benefits in November.

“We don’t even have close to

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