Food stamps will be cut off in a federal shutdown
The food-stamp program, the largest U.S. anti-hunger initiative, will stop distributing benefits if there is no budget agreement and the federal government shuts down on Oct. 1 for the second time in three years, said the USDA. “Once that occurs, families won’t be able to use these benefits at grocery stores to buy the food… » Read More
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