South Florida nonprofits are scrambling to build stopgap sources for thousands of food stamp recipients who may lose federal benefits starting Saturday.

Floridians will not be receiving SNAP benefits in November, the USDA - which is funded by the U.S. government and impacted by the government shutdown -- said. The USDA said, "The well has run dry."

A ll 43 Democratic state legislators in Florida have asked Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency as nearly three million Floridians are set to lose their access to SNAP food assistance benefits when funding for the program expires Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

Although Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate effectively means 60 votes are needed to pass substantive legislation. The GOP advantage over Democrats in the Senate is only 53-45, with two independents who vote with Democrats.

About 2.8 million Floridians will lose their SNAP benefits Nov. 1 unless the government shutdown ends. Here's where families can go locally for help.

Top elected officials in South Florida, along with food banks, raised a red flag on Wednesday as they warned of dire situations if food assistance programs are put on pause because of the government shutdown.

Nearly 3 million Floridians receive SNAP benefits. But access is set to pause on Saturday due to the federal government shutdown.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Every Democrat in the Florida Legislature has signed a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis calling to protect food assistance benefits for nearly 3 million Floridians set to lose them in November.

As the government shutdown halts SNAP benefits, Florida families like Brittany Bucknor's are bracing for hardship and uncertainty over how to keep food on the table.

As the Nov. 1 cutoff in federal SNAP nutrition aid looms, South Florida nonprofit agencies that distrbute food to low-income residents and others in need are now rallying to plug the gap.