Food Banks Brace as Washington Residents Face Loss of SNAP Benefits by Nov. 1

Food banks brace for crisis ahead of SNAP benefits suspension

NEW HANOVER, NC (WWAY) — “We keep having another worst-case scenario,” says Amy Beros.  Amy Beros is the President and CEO of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.  As colleagues and volunteers worked on meals that will be offered at pop-up food markets in surrounding counties, she’s worried about catching up to the quickly growing demand for people relying on SNAP.  “We’re in one right now where we see these benefits dropping in …

North Texas food banks brace for surge in demand with pause in federal benefits

North Texas food banks face crisis as hundreds of thousands of people expected to lose federal food benefits.

Food banks brace as Washington residents face loss of SNAP benefits by Nov. 1

With no end to the government shutdown in sight, food assistance organizations across western Washington brace for a massive influx of people seeking help.

Food banks in Chicago bracing for spike in demand

The government shutdown is directly impacting employees, and now Chicago area families are losing SNAP benefits.

East Texas Food Bank bracing for lapse in SNAP benefits estimated to affect 170,000

SNAP benefit delays begin Nov. 1 — and the East Texas Food Bank said the state's emergency food system is bracing for a surge in need.

U.S. food banks brace for surge as shutdown threatens benefits | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO >> Cynthia Kirkhart, the CEO of Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington, West Virginia, has already had to explain to customers this year why the organization is rationing bags of potatoes.