Ga. NAACP calls on state to help during ‘unprecedented’ food demand

ATLANTA, Ga. – As a U.S. District court awaits response from the executive branch on how they plan to at least partially fund SNAP, a Georgia community food bank says they are dealing with “unprecedented” demand.

CEO Kyle Waide said they are currently serving around 250,000 families a month and expect that number to increase.

“Demand was already high before the shutdown,” Waide said. “We have not seen this kind of confluence of really dramatic demand that is part of the economic picture, plus a disruption created by the shutdown, plus a lot of pressure on our resources, all happening at the same time.”…

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