Howard Students Still Facing Hunger After SNAP Disruptions

Howard Students Still Facing Hunger After SNAP Disruptions

Source: Zoe Cummings / Zoe Cummings It has been just over a month since the federal government reopened after a weeks-long shutdown that threatened to cut off food assistance for millions of Americans. Lawmakers declared the crisis averted. SNAP benefits, they said, would resume. Normalcy, at least on paper, had returned. But for many college students, including those at Howard University, the sense of relief never fully arrived. During the shut…

BLK ALERTS - Skipping Meals And Carrying On: How Howard Students Are Still Normalizing Hunger After SNAP Disruptions

Source: Zoe Cummings / Zoe Cummings It has been just over a month since the federal government reopened after a weeks-long shutdown that threatened to cut off food assistance for millions of Americans. Lawmakers declared the crisis averted. SNAP benefits, they said, would resume. Normalcy, at least on paper, had returned. But for many college students, including those at Howard University, the sense of relief never fully arrived. During the shut…

Skipping Meals And Carrying On: How Howard Students Are Still Normalizing Hunger After SNAP Disruptions

Source: Zoe Cummings / Zoe Cummings It has been just over a month since the federal government reopened after a weeks-long shutdown that threatened to cut off food assistance for millions of Americans. Lawmakers declared the crisis averted. SNAP benefits, they said, would resume. Normalcy, at least on paper, had returned. But for many college students, including those at Howard University, the sense of relief never fully arrived. During the shut…