Tennessee food pantries see surge in demand as uncertainty over SNAP continues

Tennessee food pantries see surge in demand as uncertainty over SNAP continues

Care & Share serves as a food resource of last resort in Unicoi County, where many residents remain out of work a year after Hurricane Helene destroyed local factories and businesses. One in 10 county residents now relies on the…

SNAP cuts hit Greater Cleveland newcomers

The letters started to come in October. Across the county, families got word that the food benefits they relied on were being cut off or reduced to almost nothing. Of course, the letters were in English, a second language for many of the newcomers, a term used for the nearly 4,000 immigrants and refugees who call Cuyahoga County home. For many, the uncertainty about food benefits, called SNAP, will last as long as the federal government is shut …

Port Washington Community Chest gives $4,500 emergency grant to aid families affected by SNAP cuts

In response to the recent cuts to federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, the Port Washington Community Chest has made an emergency $4,500 grant to three local food pantries to help families struggling to put food on the table. The grant will provide $1,500 each to the Littig House, Our Lady of Fatima, and St. Peter of Alcantara Social Ministry. The funds will allow the pantries to purchase Stop & Shop gift cards for immediat…

Tennessee gives food banks $5M, as SNAP recipients wait for benefits

Patience. That’s what mother and chef Andrea Gant says she’s relied on most while anxiously awaiting benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “Other than that, I’ve been using resources — food banks, you know — to take care of my household and my kids,” she says. She’s not alone. Nearly one in 10 Tennesseans are having to find a way to get food without their SNAP benefits. Food banks are seeing the strain. Like several other …