As SNAP Benefits Lapse, Rural Americans Step Up to Meet Their Neighbors’ Needs
Barnraiser - Miles MacClure November 7, 2025
As the federal government shutdown stretches into a record-breaking seventh week, across the country 42 million Americans whose food assistance benefits expired on November 1 are scrambling to put food on the table.
On Wednesday, November 5—days after two judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency money it had tried to deny that would provide benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that SNAP recipients would receive 65% of their typical benefits for November. The delay has meant that recipients have gone nearly a week without receiving any food benefits.
