SNAP funding delays put added pressure on local food pantries, Greater Boston Food Bank says

'We will have enough': Local food pantries grapple with influx during SNAP stoppage

Food pantries in Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia are grappling with an influx in customers as SNAP payments are delayed during the 2025 government shutdown. Heart + Hand in South Charleston, West Virginia has started a Food Pantry Cohort to share ideas and support. Facing Hunger is doing mobile distributions in Huntington, West Virginia.

‘Not sustainable’ | Food pantries in Kentucky, Indiana overwhelmed as SNAP benefits stall

President Donald Trump's administration announced Monday that emergency funds will partially restore the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after two federal judges ordered the government to keep food aid flowing during the ongoing shutdown.

SNAP funding delays put added pressure on local food pantries, Greater Boston Food Bank says

The partial restoration of federal SNAP benefits will bring relief to thousands of Massachusetts families — but food banks say that help can’t come soon enough. And it’s unclear when the federal dollars will start rolling back into Massachusetts.

Vt. food pantries absorb need from delayed SNAP benefits

Vermont’s charitable food system was braced for impact on Monday as federal food benefits likely wouldn’t be available until later in the week.

Arizona families feel the impact as SNAP ends and Food Bucks Now launches

Monday was the first day of Food Bucks Now, a program to help bridge the gap in SNAP funding.

Food pantries feel impact amid SNAP benefit delays

While two federal judges ruled Friday that the federal government must use emergency funding to partially support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), it is still unclear when millions of families will receive their benefits for November. As a result, local food pantries are already feeling the strain