MONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA ) - Friday afternoon, two federal judges ruled that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture has to give money owed to SNAP recipients ‘as soon as possible.’

The rulings are expected to face appeals from the Trump administration, and a final plan of how the funds would be distributed to SNAP recipients has not been announced since the ruling.

In the meantime, organizations around the state are continuing to prepare for the possibility of 750,000 Alabamians, who rely on SNAP, to not receive their benefits on Nov. 1.

“It’s very tense and it’s very tense across the board, everybody that you talk to is very nervous and tense,” said Chris Turman, CEO of Meals on Wheels in Montgomery.

Turman said they are preparing to see an influx of requests for food delivery if SNAP recipie

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