The federal safety net is going away for hungry families across western Massachusetts as the United States Department of Agriculture officially announced that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will stop November 1.

In a post on the USDA’s website, the agency wrote in part, “Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 01.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has sent a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), seeking clarification and additional information on the future of funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the ongoing government shutdown.

By the end of this week, tens of millions of Americans could go hungry if Congress does not reopen the federal government or take action to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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.

Read full article: What to know about Brooke Rollins, Trump's pick for agriculture secretary President-elect Donald Trump has selected former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture. Read full article: Listeria recall grows to ...

A lapse in funding due to the shutdown could have a devastating effect on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal food stamps program for groceries.

A pair of researchers and educators with University of Arkansas ties have been recognized among the premier early career researchers in the nation.