Where to find food assistance, or help neighbors in need, during the federal shutdown

Without action from the federal government, millions of people around the country will lose federal food assistance on Nov. 1.

The cuts are connected to the ongoing federal government shutdown, which is affecting a range of critical safety net programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP.

According to NPR , the Trump administration has said the program will run out of funding at the end of October. More than two dozen states have sued to challenge the decision to suspend that funding, though New Hampshire is not part of that lawsuit. Roughly 75,000 Granite Staters are currently enrolled in SNAP, according to state officials.

Additional uncertainty is looming for families enrolled in the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program, or WIC.