The move to partially fund SNAP could delay benefits as states calculate and distribute the food subsidies, and the smaller payment may only grant recipients days or weeks before they face the threat of going without food anew, experts told ABC News.

SNAP recipients nationwide could see significant delays in benefits for November despite courts orders mandating benefits be issued. A federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to tap into a multibillion-dollar contingency fund to continue funding SNAP.

The Trump administration told federal courts that it will tap into a contingency fund to distribute partial November payments.