Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is releasing $2 million in state emergency funds to eight food banks serving all 67 counties, her office reported on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the governor’s office, this comes on the 4th day of the month, which is the first day some of the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will miss an issuance of those benefits to their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.

In Alabama, SNAP benefits are issued to recipients’ EBT cards on a specific day from the 4th of the month to the 23rd, so each day U.S. Senate Democrats refuse to reopen the federal government, more Alabama children, seniors and disabled who benefit from the SNAP program will be impacted.

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) noted that SNAP benefits are

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