While families in Charlotte celebrated the city’s annual Charloween trick-or-treat event Monday night, the festive atmosphere couldn’t completely mask underlying concerns about food security.
- Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, may run out by the start of next week.
- This comes as the government shutdown reaches four weeks, leaving questions as to which federal services will keep running.
- Neighbors shared how they would prioritize spending if forced to choose between rent, utilities, food or other necessities.
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Two downtown blocks were closed as businesses opened their doors to costumed children and families seeking some normalcy amid uncertain times.
“Even if it’s an hour and a half of trick or treating, you’ve got to have some normalcy,” said Tracie Miller, of Charlotte.
For Miller, a mother of two, the celebration provided a brief respite from worrying about potential benefit cuts…