Two federal judges on Friday said the Trump administration must tap into contingency funds to make SNAP payments during the government shutdown.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

A look into the Americans who could be affected by the delay of SNAP food assistance during the government shutdown.

As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.

Sen. John Fetterman was exasperated with his colleagues Thursday, as the Senate heads home in the stalemate’s fifth week and millions of Americans are due to lose federal food assistance this weekend.

More than 440,000 Minnesotans are set to lose food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Saturday at midnight, and food shelves across the state are preparing for an unprecedented wave of need.

The government shutdown has caused payments to not be sent out for the month of November, causing millions of Americans to not have the food benefits they rely on.