3.5 million Texans will see food assistance halted if government shutdown continues [View all]
BY TERRI LANGFORD
OCT. 17, 2025, 10:48 A.M. CENTRAL
Texas officials began notifying the state’s poorest residents on Friday that their food benefits via the Supplemental Food Assistance and Nutrition Program, or SNAP, will be cut off in November if the federal shutdown continues past Oct. 27.
In Texas, that would mean a halt to more than $614 million to the 3.5 million who rely each month on SNAP, also known as food stamps. Of those who could be impacted, 1.7 million are children.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service, which oversees the SNAP program, notified state agencies a week ago that if the shut down persists, November payments to participants would be halted.
“SNAP has funding available for benefits and operations through the month of October,” according to a letter written by the FNS office to state agencies. “However, if the current lapse in appropriations continues, there will be insufficient funds to pay full November SNAP benefits for approximately 42 million individuals across the Nation.”
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1.7 million Texas children will be affected! How is this a “Democrat program?”
Trump had dinner last night with folks from Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Palantir and defense giant Lockheed Martin in a room full of gold tchotchkes and drapes.
How much did this cost me? Hw many children will miss meals to pay for this?
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