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Some West Michigan families are anxious as SNAP benefit cuts take effect in a few days. The Salvation Army strives to meet rising demand with limited resources.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says it was instructed to hold November SNAP payments "due to the ongoing federal government funding lapse."
"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.
Michigan could have spared a lot of stress for the roughly 1.4 million Michiganders who receive SNAP benefits, if not for wasteful spending in past years, says the Speaker of the state House.
The state's Democratic members of the U.S. House want contingency funds to be used to keep food assistance benefits flowing.
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Monroe County program helping people at risk of losing SNAP benefits amid government shutdown
A Michigan nonprofit says it has seen an uptick in calls from concerned residents after state officials announced SNAP benefits would be temporarily paused amid the federal government shutdown.
An estimated 42 million individuals receive Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits monthly.
Feeding the Valley has less than a month’s supply of food, president and CEO Frank Sheppard told the Ledger-Enquirer — the lowest level in his 11 years leading the organization.