Missouri Food Pantries Prepare for Families to Lose Federal Aid
The Missouri Department of Social Services, which disburses SNAP benefits, announced on October 20 that it won't be able to pay benefits until further notice.
For Whitney Jackson and her four children, the uncertainty of receiving federal food assistance next month is a significant concern. Jackson, a single mother from Columbia working as a certified medical assistant, has $44 of her family's October benefits left.
I'm trying to stretch it until the end of the month, but is $44 going to make it until November, when we don't know what's going to happen?
As Congress remains deadlocked on a plan to fund the federal government, food pantries across Missouri are preparing to make up for the potential loss of a key pillar of food security in their communities.
Author summary: Missouri food pantries prepare for potential loss of federal aid.