‘We can’t feed our kids!’: Memphians respond to November SNAP benefit freeze

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – In nine days, SNAP benefits in Tennessee will become unavailable due to the government shutdown, impacting hundreds of thousands of Memphians.

Memphians come to the Tennessee Department of Human Services every day to get set up with SNAP benefits, but now, many people are here asking questions about what will happen once their benefits become unavailable starting November 1.

“It goes out for the single mothers that got kids. Now what can we do?” asks Corneisha. “We can’t feed our kids. Let alone if we do have jobs. Again, what can we do? Cause that was helping us.”…

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