WASHINGTON – New York’s U.S. senators Thursday demanded that Donald Trump’s administration stop withholding available funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,

"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.

Despite losing its federal funding, Utah State University Extension’s Create Better Health program plans to continue its statewide efforts to create nutrition-secure communities through health education.

With millions facing the looming threat of sweeping nutrition programs being cut off starting in November, people who rely on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, are contending with a separate risk to funding.

Michigan’s child poverty rate has climbed to 10%, according to a new report, and it suggests without the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, it would rise to 13%. The Annie E. Casey Foundation report,

The federal government provided Colorado more than $6 million annually to use on educational programs like the one offered in the 600-student school district located in the San Luis Valley.

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced $1.5 million in state funding for food assistance programs as the federal government shutdown threatens programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Phil Murphy, along with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Senate President Nick Scutari, was preparing to accelerate SNAP funding for food programs.