With SNAP benefits expected to expire, Erie County residents are ‘extremely worried’

Victoria Ogak said she didn’t know much about the federal government shutdown as she waited Oct. 29 outside the Bethany Outreach Center in downtown Erie.

But the 37-year-old woman, who was waiting for a food distribution, knows that the $390 her family receives each month through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program might not arrive in November.

And she knows that’s going to affect her modest budget…

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