As the government shutdown continues, up to 750,000 people in north Georgia could lose their federal food assistance by Saturday.
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is preparing for a surge in demand as SNAP benefits are set to end if no agreement on the government shutdown is reached by midnight Saturday.
“There are about 750,000 people in our 29-county region who benefit from the SNAP program. Those are folks who are going to need help getting the food that they need,” said Kyle Waide, CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, told Channel 2’s Richard Elliot…