With SNAP Cuts Looming, Democrats and Advocates Urge NC General Assembly to Act

Budget cuts creating hunger crisis NC food banks can't solve

By: Greg Childress At Health and Nutritional Development Empowered Education, a Christian-based food assistance program in Spring Lake, there’s been a noticeable uptick in military families seeking help to put food on the table, said Renee Gregory, the program’s leader. “It has increased treNC food banks can’t fill the hunger gap caused by federal cuts, state and nonprofit leaders saymendously in what people are needing,” Gregory said. “They nee…

State's largest food bank concerned of 'dire impact' in NC over possible cuts to SNAP

Across North Carolina, 1.4 million people rely on the supplemental federal program known as SNAP for food assistance.

Advocates say federal food aid cuts scheduled for 2026 will make NC's hunger problem worse

The tax and spending cut bill signed into law in July includes substantial cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which benefits 1.4 million low-income people in North Carolina. Republicans who supported the measure say the cuts will force states to root out waste, fraud and abuse of the aid program. Advocates say the cuts will only make an already dire hunger crisis worse.

With SNAP cuts looming, Democrats and advocates urge NC General Assembly to act

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Step into the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina on any given day, and volunteers can be seen busy at work packing food, because nowadays, busy is the norm. “Even at the height of the pandemic, we are seeing more hunger today than we had seen at that time,” Amy Beros, the president and CEO of the food bank, said. That rush is now coupled with fear about cuts to SNAP benefits and food assistance programs after …