‘Now my kids are able to eat’: SNAP funds reach widow days before Thanksgiving

A West Palm Beach widow we first met two weeks ago now has a whole lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday.

SNAP funds reach widow days before Thanksgiving

After nearly a month of uncertainty caused by the government shutdown, the SNAP benefits she desperately needed to feed her three sons have finally landed in her account — and relief is unmistakable.

Anna Walker lost her husband two years ago and has been raising her three teenage sons on her own.

The deposit, nearly $1,000 in SNAP benefits, arrived overnight on Monday, ending weeks of worry about how she would afford holiday meals…

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