(WHNT) — Looming cuts to SNAP funding have been closely watched in Alabama and across the United States. The Monday announcement that partial funding for the food assistance program will be provided for November has only increased the scrutiny.

Records show 41 million people receive SNAP benefits across the U.S., including 726,000 people in Alabama.

Monday, the Trump Administration said it will use an estimated $6 billion in U.S. Department of Agriculture contingency funds for SNAP benefits in November.

That announcement came after two federal judges Friday ordered the Trump Administration to release contingency funds that had been previously set aside for Congress to ensure SNAP benefits continued to flow. The courts said the Administration was wrong on the law in claiming the funds co

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