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Potential SNAP benefit delay could heighten growing hunger crisis in Texas

The potential SNAP benefit delay could increase growing hunger crisis in Texas, a state which has the highest population of ...

What are SNAP benefits, and why are they at risk?

SNAP benefits inject over $450 million into the Texas economy every month through grocery purchases and retail spending, ...

Central Texas Food Bank ramps up efforts as government shutdown halts SNAP benefits

The Central Texas Food Bank has announced that due to the government shutdown, the USDA will not distribute SNAP benefits on ...

East Texas Food Bank bracing for lapse in SNAP benefits estimated to affect 170,000

SNAP benefit delays begin Nov. 1 — and the East Texas Food Bank said the state's emergency food system is bracing for a surge ...

North Texas food banks brace for surge in demand with pause in federal benefits

FORT WORTH, Texas — Food banks across North Texas are preparing for an unprecedented spike in demand after the USDA announced ...

‘The well has run dry’: USDA to not issue SNAP benefits for November amidst shutdown

The ongoing federal government shutdown has put millions of Texans at risk of losing their SNAP benefits, with food banks ...

H-E-B donates $6 million to Texas food relief programs as SNAP benefits risk disruption

H-E-B is also donating $1 million to Meals on Wheels Texas, which delivers more than 100,000 meals every day to homebound ...

North Texas families fear hunger, voice outrage as SNAP aid stalls amid shutdown: "It's just wrong."

As the government shutdown halts federal food assistance, North Texas families are turning to food pantries, where demand is ...