(WAND) — Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday directing money toward helping food banks as SNAP funding is set to be stopped on November 1.

The executive order gives $20 million in funding to support seven food banks that supply over 2,600 food pantries across Illinois. $10 million is coming from the Budget Reserve for Immediate Disbursements and Governmental Emergencies (BRIDGE) Fund and the other $10 million is from the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS).

"The Trump Administration wants to let tens of millions of Americans go hungry, a failure in leadership and abdication of our responsibility as Americans to take care of each other," said Pritzker. "I am directing the state government to work together with food banks, local grocers, and other community org

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