Federal SNAP Cuts Would Affect Access to Health Foods for Low-Income Families(letter to the Editor)

Federal SNAP cuts would affect access to health foods for low-income families(letter to the editor)

Your article on the impact of federal SNAP cuts on Staten Islanders was eye opening, however it left out a critical piece of the story: The Senate’s proposal also entirely eliminates SNAP-Ed, the federal grant program that helps low-income families eat healthy on a limited budget.Thanks to SNAP-Ed, our Food Box program at the Goodhue Center distributes nearly 3,000 boxes of fresh, affordable produce each year. At each distribution, we serve clos…

“Forced to Choose Between Rent and Food”: Protesters Decry Cuts to Social Programs in GOP Bill

Grassroots groups representing poor and working families rallied on Capitol Hill Wednesday to demand no cuts to essential social programs like Medicaid and SNAP. This is Serita Russell of the North Carolina activist group Action NC, whose family recently saw monthly food assistance benefits slashed from $440 dollars to just $54 dollars per month. Serita Russell: “Our churches, which already struggle to keep their food pantries stocked, will be o…

Healey urges Congress to reject food program cuts

BOSTON — Democratic governors are urging Congress to reject a proposal that would require states to pick up a larger portion of costs for the federally funded "food stamp" program, saying the move would hurt needy families and businesses.

Lamont, 22 Other Governors Urge Congress To Maintain Food Assistance Program

HARTFORD, CT — Governor Ned Lamont is one of 23 state governors that sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which puts food on the table for millions of Americans, and warning that current proposals under consideration in Congress threaten the ability of states to continue […]

Congress considers SNAP cuts as demand swells at Appalachian Kentucky food banks

A food delivery truck sits outside the regional warehouse for God's Pantry Food Bank in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.(Joe Sonka / KPR )In her 20 years running a food bank in Auxier, a tiny town of several hundred nestled in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, Gail Goble has never seen demand as high as it is now.The Hand in Hand Ministries food bank serves roughly 150 people in the town and surrounding area of Floyd County who come in once a month…

Proposed SNAP cuts would push food banks toward 'breaking point'

Proposed cuts to food assistance threaten not only to harm food-insecure people, but deprive food banks of valuable data they need to serve their communities.