Alabama Department of Human Resources Commissioner Nancy Buckner presenting at the joint legislative budget hearings on Aug. 26, 2025, in the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama. More than 726,000 Alabamians will lose food assistance starting Saturday after the benefits were suspended by the federal government. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
Recipients and those in need of food assistance should still submit applications and other documentation, even though the assistance will not be distributed starting Saturday.
The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) announced Monday that benefits for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) will be suspended for November. However, Alabama SNAP Director Brandon Hardin said in an interview Tuesday that everything will be “business as usual” on the administrative side…