During fiscal year 2024, nearly 42 million low-income Americans relied on SNAP for crucial food assistance. According to data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, more than 62% of those were families with children, and the average SNAP benefit for one household member was $163 per month.

Tyler Perry donated nearly $1.4 million to organizations supporting those impacted by the loss of the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Michigan lawmakers aren’t ruling out further food aid dollars as the federal government resumes issuing partial SNAP benefits Saturday.

Lines of cars patiently waited for food outside ICNA Relief in Orlando Thursday as families waited for SNAP benefits.

One Tail at a Time, an animal rescue and adoption center, will hold two free pet pantries on Friday — one at The Bloc (1345 N. Karlov Ave.) in Humboldt Park at 11:30 a.m. and another at the Pilsen Food Pantry (2124 S. Ashland Ave.) at 1:30 p.m.

Food banks and local assistance programs are expecting to feed thousands of additional Coloradans amid the lapse of SNAP benefits in November. Many reported seeing increasing demand in late October. Because of the federal

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