I live in Orange County with two kids. We receive SNAP, and we work. We’re just constantly one expense away from trouble.The first time I brought my kids to a food pantry — set up in a community center parking lot — I heard someone say, “Don’t they already get benefits?”What hurt wasn’t the food. It was the assumption that we’d already taken enough. My kids eat every day. Policy counts monthly.I now use FoodRadar to find pantries with predictable distribution and less scrutiny. The real conflict isn’t about resources — it’s about why low-income families are expected to prove restraint……