US EditionGeorgia SNAP Benefits Shutdown: 1.5M Residents Brace for Food Aid Pause
The federal shutdown halts SNAP funding for 1.4 million Georgians, intensifying food insecurity and prompting emergency food bank efforts statewide, officials said.
- Starting Saturday, SNAP will pause in Georgia, cutting off benefits for an estimated 1.4 million Georgians as the federal shutdown enters its 30th day.
- Senators returned Wednesday but negotiations remain stalled as Republicans blame Democratic votes against the continuing resolution while Democrats link approvals to other policy concessions.
- Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens opened ATL CARES, pausing water shutoffs and evictions through Jan. 31, 2026, saying `The city recognizes that the potential lapse in federal SNAP benefits poses an urgent threat to food security for thousands of residents`.
- The Atlanta Community Food Bank tapped $5 million to distribute six million pounds of food, while more than 17,000 Atlanta Public Schools students rely on SNAP, Superintendent Brian Johnson said, 'This is a human issue.'
- With Gov. Brian Kemp refusing state intervention, advocates noted the $14.6 billion state surplus and said `Georgia can afford to help` amid SNAP pauses.
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Federal shutdown threatens Meals on Wheels funding in Coastal Georgia
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Democrats Lose CNN as Party Uses Food Stamps as Shutdown 'Leverage'
CNN hosts have clashed with prominent Democrats this week as the party signals it's willing to let tens of millions of Americans' food stamp assistance expire in order to increase their political "leverage" four weeks into the government shutdown.The post Democrats Lose CNN as Party Uses Food Stamps as Shutdown 'Leverage' appeared first on .
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Political shutdown fight over food stamps comes to Georgia
ATLANTA — The stalemate in Washington could cause gnawing hunger for more than a million Georgians starting Saturday, when federal funding for low-income food subsidies, informally referred to as food stamps, runs out. The administration of President Donald Trump has…
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