SNAP benefits may be cut starting Nov. 1. Here are SouthCoast food pantries that can help.

With the uncertainty of SNAP benefits on the horizon, here are food pantries offering help in Greater New Bedford and Fall River.

Food banks, public officials gear up as ‘devastating’ SNAP benefits cut off approaches

Across Massachusetts food aid organizations and public officials are preparing for the end of SNAP benefits due to the ongoing government shutdown — readying for over 1.1 million recipients

SNAP crisis: Healey calls on Trump administration to unfreeze food stamps funding

"The federal government provides about $240 million a month in SNAP benefits to Massachusetts residents," Healey said. "There's no way that the state can make up for that."

More than 1M people in Mass. could lose SNAP benefits next week, Gov. Healey warns

Governor Maura Healey issued a stark warning Friday morning, announcing that more than one million Massachusetts residents are at risk of losing access to federal food assistance starting in November due to the ongoing government shutdown.

What happens to SNAP benefits already loaded onto EBT cards, in accounts come Nov. 1 deadline?

If the federal government shutdown continues, there will be a pause in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits come Saturday, Nov. 1.

More than 1M in Mass. losing SNAP benefits; Gov. working on contingency plan

Gov. Maura Healey on Friday will discuss the potential suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown and how Massachusetts may be affected. More than 1 million Massachusetts residents rely on the food assistance program, which will lose funding from the federal government in November.

SNAP benefits: US faces ‘greatest hunger crisis since the Great Depression’

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the prospect of November's SNAP benefits going unpaid indefinitely is growing closer.
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