Gov. Maura Healey said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Massachusetts are "fully funded" as the legal battle over food stamps continues. | WBZ / CBS News Boston

42 million Americans could lose access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, on November 1. CNN's Jake Tapper explains why the ongoing government shutdown put the program at risk. Read more: https://cnn.it/3JtrQV1 | CNN

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly food stipends for nearly 42 million low-income Americans. But that number is expected to decline due as eligibility changes in last year's federal budget law take hold, and food banks are ill-equipped to make up the gap. The law also shifts billions of dollars in SNAP admin costs—and potentially a portion of monthly benefit costs—from the federal government onto states. These changes all mean that SNAP funding and food securit