Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that $2 million in state emergency funds will be made available to food banks serving all 67 Alabama counties.

The announcement comes as the federal government shutdown reached its 35th day, tying the record for the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Ivey explained that the emergency funds are intended to help support Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients who face uncertain access to their monthly benefits due to the shutdown.

In Alabama, SNAP benefits, which are 100 percent federally funded, are issued to Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, cards between the 4th and the 23rd of every month, based on the recipient’s case number. The program is utilized by over 750,000 Alabamians.

“There are real Alabama families who rely on SNA

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