Seattle & Tacoma restaurants offer free meals as SNAP benefits face shutdown uncertainty

SEATTLE — SNAP benefits are running dry for American families, and that hits home for the founders of Toasted Bagels & Coffee in Seattle.

“My family relied on SNAP benefits. Jaafar’s, our cofounder, family relied on SNAP benefits when we were young,” said Murat Akyuz, cofounder of Toasted.

The food assistance program is expected to run out of funding beginning Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown…

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