HARRISBURG, Pa. (WPVI) -- Governor Josh Shapiro is taking emergency action as nearly two million Pennsylvanians worry about how they'll afford groceries in the coming days.

The governor confirmed that SNAP benefit recipients will not receive money on their cards on November 1.

"If you're a SNAP benefit recipient, you will not get the money on your card tomorrow, November 1st," Governor Shapiro said Friday.

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Vowing that "no one in Pennsylvania should go hungry," Shapiro has signed a disaster declaration and is immediately sending $5 million to Feeding Pennsylvania to be distributed through food banks across the state, even though Pennsylvania still doesn't have an approve

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