Food benefits will soon start to be issued again after the federal government was ordered to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, during the ongoing government shutdown.

But millions of Americans will see deep cuts and some might not get any benefits at all under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to pay partial SNAP benefits in November.

It’s estimated that 1.2 million U.S. households, or nearly five million people, will get $0 this month because their benefits will be reduced more than the maximum payment, according to an analysis of the plan from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities , CBPP, a progressive think tank.

Another 5.4 million households with one or two people will only get $12, the analysis found.

When fully funded, the average SNAP hous

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