States will pay a larger share of the food assistance program that served an average of 752,000 Alabamians last year.

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Around 761,100 people in Alabama, or roughly 15% of the state’s population, receive assistance from SNAP, according to 2022 data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Alabama has just over 800,000 food insecure people and many of them rely on food assistance, but with the government shutdown, those benefits could be in jeopardy.