Millions of Texans may see delays in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , or SNAP, benefits beginning Nov. 1, as the federal government shutdown reaches the one-month mark.

At a glance

SNAP is a federally funded program that provides low-income individuals and families with monthly stipends to spend on groceries. The federal food assistance program is set to run out of funding in November, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture , which issued a notice on its website that “the well has run dry” due to the shutdown.

Federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled Oct. 31 that the Trump Administration must use federal contingency funds, which are stockpiled for emergency expenses, to fund SNAP in November. The judges ordered the administration to determ

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