The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November, a departure from earlier guidance announced before the shutdown.

"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.

With a possible pause in SNAP benefits this weekend, content creators are giving advice on how to keep from going hungry by using pantry staples.

The government remains shut down and the 1.4 million low-income Georgians who rely on SNAP to purchase food are at risk of losing funding by Friday.

By Saturday morning, the federal budget impasse won’t just be about politics. It will begin to land in grocery store checkout lines, in pay stubs for federal workers, and in inboxes from health insurance companies.

The same report found that 89.4% of SNAP recipients were U.S born citizens, meaning less than 11% of SNAP participants were foreign-born. Of the latter figure, 6.2% were naturalized citizens, 1.1% were refugees and 3.3% were other noncitizens, including lawful permanent residents and other eligible noncitizens.

With the uncertainty of SNAP benefits on the horizon, here are food pantries offering help in Greater New Bedford and Fall River.

Methuen, Massachusetts is bracing for an expected increase in the need for food assistance at the end of the week.