Due to the government shutdown, many people across the two-state won’t receive SNAP benefits after October 31st. New Disabled South wants to step in and help the disabled in several southern states including Georgia and South Carolina.

Atlanta Community Food Bank is steadfast in their commitment to stocking the shelves of their partner food pantries, but said no food bank can act as a long-term replacement for SNAP.

The latest county-level data shows more than 705,000 households across Georgia rely on the benefits each month.

The government remains shut down and the 1.4 million low-income Georgians who rely on SNAP to purchase food are at risk of losing funding by Friday.

Starting Saturday, millions of Americans will lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits if the federal government shutdown continues.

More than 687,000 Georgia households could lose access to SNAP benefits next month if the federal government shutdown continues, putting pressure on food banks already seeing increased demand.

Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock have joined a group of lawmakers pushing the federal government to continue funding SNAP.

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more than one in 10 Georgians use for groceries.

Georgia DHS says SNAP food benefits for more than 687,000 households will end November 1 if the federal government shutdown continues. Families are urged to plan ahead and use remaining funds now.