COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - 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.

SNAP, which used to be called the food stamps program, helps put food on the table in more than 260,000 South Carolina homes each month, but the US Department of Agriculture has warned there is not enough money to fund it into November without Congressional action, so benefits would be cut off by the end of the week.

While SNAP is managed by individual states, it is fully funded by the federal government, so the state does not deal with the money that pays to feed around 560,000 South Carolinians every month.

SNAP recipient households in South Carolina receive an average of

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