Promises of partial payments for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits were coming from the White House on Monday.

SNAP, which provides food aid to 440,000 Minnesotans and 42 million Americans, ran out of money this weekend because of the government shutdown .

At Groveland Emergency Food Shelf in Minneapolis, food shelf anxiety about losing SNAP benefits is high. Hanna Tekle is eight months pregnant, with another child at home.

"I am a little worried about being cut off. I am worried about tomorrow, if I am going to get it or not," Tekle said.

At a St. Paul community center, Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota and Attorney General Keith Ellison met with SNAP recipients, including a cancer survivor who says it's hard to admit he needs the help.

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