NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Two federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP program in spite of the government shutdown.

From what we understand, partial SNAP funding from Louisiana will start on Nov. 1, and it may be as long as two weeks before the full federal funding starts up again. Until then, many recipients may look to food pantries that are supplied by Second Harvest Food Bank.

"We're prepared as we can be. We have coordinated with our 500 partners throughout our 23 parish service area to make sure the food that we have here is being deployed as efficiently as possible, and it gets to those people in need," John Sillars, Second Harvest Food Bank Chief Strategy Officer, said.

Sillars said that even before the government shutdown, the organizati

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