CHICAGO (WLS) -- Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign that executive order Thursday supporting people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in the state just days before the program is set to run out of money.

Nearly two million people in Illinois use SNAP benefits.

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Amid the government shutdown, food banks are under pressure and stretched thin.

With the governor signing this executive order, $20 million in state funds will be directed to help food banks.

Illinois is also one of several states that have sued to save SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.

The governor spoke earlier this week about how much it would cost Illinois to try and fund SNAP at the state level.

"It would cost us, if we

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