AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – A dozen of those lawmakers spent the morning at Golden Harvest’s Feeding the Future Roundtable talking about how to fix the hunger problem in our area.
Feeding America data reveals that 1 in 6 people and 1 in 4 children across the region face food insecurity. All coming at a time when there are fears of federal funding cuts for SNAP benefits.
“The house version of the budget reconciliation bill shifts costs for the actual food benefit SNAP to states, “ said Danah Craft, Executive Director of Feeding Georgia. “Most states simply won’t be able to afford it. So, they’re going to either cut benefits or restricting who’s eligible for them in order to balance their own state budget.”…