Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, stops Saturday due to the government shutdown. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday to help Illinois residents who rely on the aid.

In Illinois, $20 million in emergency government money will go to seven food banks that cover the state.

Pritzker said that 42 million Americans are in jeopardy of losing lose benefits that includes nearly 2 million in Illinois. “They have done something insidious the federal government in addition to Donald Trump being willing to turn off SNAP benefits on November 1 when they do have emergency funds available at the Department of Agriculture and they're choosing not to use,” he said.

Businesses who sell food and cater to low income SNAP recipients will be affect

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