KISSIMMEE, Fla. — One year since 81-year-old Carmen Borrero’s brother passed away, she said it is difficult to make ends meet. SNAP has been the main resource that has put food on her table over the last year of her life.
“I’m used to having my own money and being very independent. Suddenly, my brother dies, and I’m all by myself. He died of cancer. He was very young. Too young to go,” Borrero said. “I get my food stamps, which is today. I get $292 today, but they’re not going to send it to me … I don’t have hardly too much food to speak of.”
Borrero, who lives in Kissimmee, is one of millions of people across the country who are not getting funded for SNAP food assistance this month due to the ongoing government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1. She was notified this month that she would not be getting federal food assistance…