The Lovelady Center in Birmingham, a long-term residential recovery home for women and children, will be hit hard by the shortfall in SNAP funding due to the federal government shutdown.

But several Alabama restaurants have come forward for their communities and are offering free meals until SNAP benefits return. Offering two OG hot dogs & a bag of chips to anyone on food stamps/furloughed federal workers Valle Grande Mexican Grill (Locations in Clanton, Maplesville, and Valle Grande/Selma)

Alabama SNAP benefits will not go out on Nov 1, leaving thousands at risk. How many will be affected? Here's what to know.

The hearing comes after the coalition that successfully sued the Trump administration over its decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown requested a federal judge to release a new order on funding the program in response to the USDA’s delay in releasing payments.

Americans uses the SNAP program to buy groceries, but this week, according to *** memo put out by the Department of Agriculture, Federal food aid will not go out beginning November 1st. *** post on their website reads the well has run dry and blamed Senate Democrats for demanding health care concessions amid the now nearly month-long government shutdown.

The USDA says food stamp funding will be suspended Nov. 1 due to the shutdown. Louisiana's governor issued an emergency order to continue state SNAP benefits. MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama residents who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive new payments in November due to the federal government shutdown, state officials said.

Mazda Toyota Manufacturing is donating $50,000 to the Food Bank of North Alabama to help in response to the federal government shutdown and the delay of SNAP benefits.

The Justincredible Grill food truck in Alabama is providing free meals to SNAP recipients and government employees affected by the shutdown at the Concord Craft Fair.

"Alabama nurse faces job repercussions for mocking SNAP recipients in viral video as U.S. government shutdown hits historic duration.

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

On November 1, 2025, Alabama's food assistance system ground to a halt. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) froze all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments in the state, abruptly cutting off $140 million in monthly aid.