The action comes two days after states sued the federal agency that administers SNAP benefits. Funds were set to stop flowing Saturday.

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain state budgets, and pressure the nation’s food supply chain, all while likely hindering the goals of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform,

Amid the ongoing government shutdown, restaurants, food banks, and various organizations are stepping in to help feed Idahoans who may be affected as federal programs lose funding or are paused. Earlier this month,

SNAP, the federal food supplement program for low-income Americans, is due to run dry of funding on Saturday. Gov. Josh Shapiro mobilized more state resources to help sustain anti-hunger programs.

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.