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The Alabama Department of Human Resources confirmed that recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP or Food Stamps will not receive aid during the month of November.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources has confirmed the state will not be providing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for the month of November because of the federal government shutdown.
More than 750,000 Alabamians, nearly half of them children, will lose SNAP benefits Saturday as the federal shutdown halts the state’s food aid program.
About 750,000 people in Alabama that depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will not see their benefits on Nov. 1 because of the ongoing federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in the new statement on ...
Some parts of Alabama are among the nation’s most reliant on food benefits, data shows. About 15% of Alabamians will feel the impacts of a pause on Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program benefits if a weekslong government shutdown does not end by Nov.
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Federal shutdown suspends SNAP benefits in Alabama for November
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) received specific guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) on Friday evening, October 24, 2025, regarding the suspension of SNAP benefits and procedures for the month of November due to the federal government shutdown.