Uncertainty surrounding the distribution of SNAP benefits and ongoing furloughs during the government shutdown is causing multiple challenges for federal employees.
On Monday, HPR visited an Oʻahu food pantry that added an extra day of distributions specifically for federal workers.
Abigail Meadows is part of a team of 70 volunteers at The Pantry in Kalihi. Food distribution didn’t start until 9:30 a.m., but by 9 a.m., the line of cars waiting was already backed up farther than the eye can see, down the narrow block that leads to the distribution center…