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DoorDash announced it is launching a nationwide emergency food response as the federal government shutdown is impacting food aid.
It’s your next-door neighbor,” Impact Coordinator Lemel Jones said. “I learned that early on in the midst of Hurricane Katrina — you never know how close you are to being that person in need.”
Missouri won’t distribute November's SNAP benefits, at the instruction of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, due to the federal shutdown. Food pantries across Missouri say they don't know how they'll keep up with a flood of demand and loss of funding.
Local food banks are expanding hours, deliveries and partnerships to keep groceries flowing as the federal shutdown cuts off CalFresh benefits for thousands across the North Bay.
Great Plains Food Bank has announced the launch of an emergency fundraising campaign to help ensure families across North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota, don’t go hungry if the federal government shutdown extends past Friday,
With the federal government still shut down, the USDA says SNAP funding could dry up next month, leaving thousands of North Texas families worried about how they’ll put food on the table.
The Trump administration now says it won't use a contingency fund to pay SNAP benefits to about 1 in 8 Americans in November, a departure from earlier guidance announced before the shutdown.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1 as the government shutdown drags on