Tennessee food banks are experiencing higher than normal demand since SNAP federal food benefits were temporarily ended during a federal government shutdown. Volunteers at Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church prepared meals to distribute to people in need of food aid. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
Care & Share serves as a food resource of last resort in Unicoi County, where many residents remain out of work a year after Hurricane Helene destroyed local factories and businesses.
One in 10 county residents now relies on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to put food on the table — a marked increase from before the devastating storms…