Oct. 30 (UPI) -- More than 40 million people may be without access to adequate food beginning Saturday if the government shutdown continues.
Full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not go out to recipients as they usually would beginning on the first of the month, unless the government makes contingency funding available through congressional action.
It has not been announced whether or not this will happen, but Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says there are not enough funds to provide benefits.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture shared a letter with UPI stating that contingency funds are "not legally available to cover regular benefits." It explains that contingency funds could only be used for purposes like the Disaster SNAP program, providing food to disaster areas.
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