Georgia SNAP Recipients Brace as Shutdown Threatens Benefits

SNAP benefits safe for now, delays expected for fund distribution to recipients

People may not lose their SNAP benefits come November after all, but it could take days or longer for the funds to actually reach people's accounts. This, combined with an already strained charitable food system, has people taking action.

What SNAP recipients need to know as benefits expire amid government shutdown

Around 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Georgia SNAP recipients brace as shutdown threatens benefits

More than a-million Georgians depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to put food on the table.

Goodwill to work around federal order that halts training for SNAP recipients

While the Trump administration has been ordered by two courts to use emergency funds to pay SNAP recipients, the ripple effects of potentially halting payments to 42 million people extend beyond the program participants. Goodwill of North Georgia is preparing to bear the full cost of its SNAP Employment and Training program — at a cost of $200,000 per month — to protect the eligibility of SNAP  recipients to receive their monthly payment. The fe…

Food assistance groups brace for SNAP freeze

With the federal government shutdown and the possibility of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) going unfunded in November, local food programs are concerned ...