Local food pantries are strained as demand surges in the wake of SNAP benefits being eliminated during the federal government shutdown.
The suspension of SNAP benefits on Saturday because of the federal government shutdown is impacting thousands of Delaware County families who use the program to pay grocery bills, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia.
Momilani Miller, a Darby Township school bus driver and single mother of three, typically receives about $500 a month in SNAP benefits. November will be difficult…