November payments have been significantly delayed, forcing families to go hungry. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits in full by Friday.

After saying earlier Tuesday that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not be distributed until the government shutdown ends, the White House said some funding will go out, as a judge instructed.

New Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) rules are going into effect on Saturday, even as benefits will already not be issued through November without federal funding due to the

The USDA is using emergency funds to cover about 50% of normal November benefits. Here’s when payments could arrive and why families won’t receive full amounts.

The Trump administration announced on Monday that it would provide only partial SNAP benefits for November, using funds from the program’s contingency account. The announcement came after federal judges in Rhode Island and Boston ruled that the government must continue funding SNAP during the shutdown.

The USDA confirmed in a new message on its website that no SNAP benefits will be issued come Nov. 1. "Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will be no benefits issued November 1," the message reads, in part.

Beneficiaries should have access to their full benefits by the end of the day on Friday, Nov. 7,” the Kansas Department for Children and Families posted on its website Friday.

Community members across metro Atlanta are stepping up to help people dealing with food insecurity while SNAP payments remain in limbo.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), said there will not be enough funding to give enrolled Americans their November food benefits due to the shutdown. More than a million Bay Staters will be without SNAP benefits, according to the state.

MDHHS says its SNAP EBT vendor will start issuing full November benefits to recipients once it receives funding, following a federal judge's order Thursday requiring the USDA to restore full benefits.