US EditionGov. Ivey Releasing $2M in Emergency Funds to Help Food Banks Amid Lapse in SNAP Benefits
Governor Ivey allocates $2 million in emergency funds to eight food banks supporting over 750,000 Alabamians amid SNAP benefit disruptions caused by the federal shutdown.
- Gov. Kay Ivey directed $2 million in state emergency funds Tuesday to eight food banks across Alabama serving all 67 counties, urging Congress to reopen the federal government.
- The lapse follows the federal government shutdown; first missed SNAP issuances have begun as federal judges ordered release of contingency funds for over 40 million Americans this month.
- Alabama Department of Human Resources is redirecting $3 million to the Feeding Alabama food bank network and providing $300 per child for the 11,434 children in the TANF program.
- More than 752,000 Alabamians who use SNAP, including more than 300,000 children and more than 102,000 seniors and disabled, face interrupted benefits as local food banks report funding cuts and rising demand.
- Alabama joins 26 other states in providing food-bank funding after USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the suspension of SNAP in November will cause a cumbersome, delayed benefit process.
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Alabama commits $2 million to food banks as government shutdown impacts SNAP funding
Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that $2 million in state emergency funds will go to food banks across Alabama to help families affected by the federal government shutdown's impact on SNAP benefits.
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Heart of Alabama Food Bank reacts to Ivey’s emergency SNAP funding decision
The Heart of Alabama Food Bank released a statement Tuesday commending Gov. Kay Ivey for her decision to direct emergency funding to Alabama’s network of foodbanks amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Gov. Kay Ivey to send $2 million to Alabama food banks amid SNAP suspension
The Heart of Alabama Food Bank warehouse on Nov. 3, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama. The compound has five warehouses that store food, fresh, canned and frozen, for volunteers and staff to pack to distribute across the state. It is one of eight food banks in Alabama that will receive a portion of $2 million in state emergency funds that Gov. Kay Ivey released Tuesday.(Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will send $2 million in stat…
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