Food banks and hunger relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people lining up for food packages since SNAP benefits were halted on Nov. 1.

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

A woman in New York State who voted for President Donald Trump says she regrets her vote after the federal government shutdown disrupted Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Betty Szretter, 63, is a caregiver for her daughter who relies on SNAP.

Under most circumstances, I’d shrug and move on. But as my fourth-grade son struggles to gain weight after treatment for a rare, deadly disease, I can’t keep my mouth shut.

As the controversy over funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during the government shutdown dragged on in recent days, the top official in charge of the program pivoted to a new talking point, calling the program that some 42 million Americans rely on, "corrupt."

As the Trump administration prepares to dole out reduced food aid funding, we looked at how the federal program impacts grocers and what a rollback would mean.

The U.S. government pays out $100 billion a year in food assistance to 42 million Americans through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—funds that were set to lapse and may still be delayed or suspended because of the government shutdown.