Addressing Food Insecurity: Interfaith Action of Evanston

Addressing food insecurity: Interfaith Action of Evanston

The Trump administration’s recent cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have left approximately 10,000 Evanstonians at risk of food insecurity Addressing food insecurity: Interfaith Action of Evanston is from Evanston RoundTable, Evanston's most trusted source for unbiased, in-depth journalism.

Axios: Food Banks Struggle After Millions Lose SNAP

Axios reports: American food assistance has been rocked by a regulatory earthquake while millions have been dropped from one of the nation’s premier safety net programs, tightening the strain on food banks and state agencies. As SNAP continues to undergo a historic remolding, food banks say they’re staring down a gap they can’t fill. “We’ve been operating kind of in emergency management mode,” says Terri Shoemaker, the executive vice president o…

Food banks confront growing SNAP gap

Data: CBPP; Map: Sara Wise/AxiosAmerican food assistance has been rocked by a regulatory earthquake while millions have been dropped from one of the nation's premier safety net programs, tightening the strain on food banks and state agencies.The big picture: As the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) continues to undergo a historic remolding, food banks say they're staring down a gap they can't fill."We've been operating kind of in …