The federal government spends about $3.2 billion annually on SNAP benefits for approximately 1.5 million Georgians.

With SNAP benefits set to not go out on Nov. 1, Atlantans already struggling with food assistance face new uncertainty.

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.

One of Atlanta's biggest food banks is warning that, if the government shutdown​ continues another two weeks, nearly a million and a half Georgians will likely see delays in benefits.

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People are appealing to the South Carolina and Georgia governors to come to the rescue of SNAP recipients as federal funding ends.