42M lose SNAP benefits despite efforts to fund food program
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The New Castle School District is hit especially hard. Seventy-six percent of the families in the district get SNAP benefits for food assistance, but a program run by the school has been helping families with food for more than a decade.
The 239-page order includes sworn statements from SNAP recipients about the harm they and their families would endure without the program.
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SNAP Decisions: Amid food assistance uncertainty, Southeast Ohio Foodbank navigates spike in demand
Amid uncertainty over November SNAP benefits, the Southeast Ohio Foodbank is contending with an influx in demand.
Greetings River Hawks! As you may be aware, as of this past Saturday, November 1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been discontinued for as long as the federal government continues to be shutdown.
While Tennessee is not allocating funds to continue the SNAP program in the state, it is working with food pantries to help residents in other ways.
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When Donald Trump, during one of his campaign rallies, declared, "I love the poorly educated," that type of populist-right messaging was a radical departure from pre-MAGA conservatism. Republicans, for decades,
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Hundreds Queue for Food Aid in Central Texas as Government Shutdown Kills Nutrition Program
Hundreds of people queued for food assistance at a central Texas high school on Saturday, November 1, as millions across America lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Due to the government shutdown,