COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — A South Carolina nonprofit is activating its emergency food response fund to help community food banks and pantries prepare for a potential surge in families needing assistance amid the ongoing government shutdown.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture warned this month that funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is set to run out on November 1, leaving millions without benefits.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services was instructed to hold its November issuance files, the data that states send to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) vendors to have benefits loaded onto a SNAP recipient’s card…