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Central Vermont food shelves report surge in clients as SNAP interruption looms
Summary
Capstone Community Action reported a sharp increase in new food-shelf applications and described clients who rely on SNAP for medically necessary and special-diet foods. Witnesses warned that community food systems cannot fully replace SNAP benefits and flagged additional federal grant delays affecting operations.
Liz Sharp, director of community economic development and food security at Capstone Community Action, told the House Human Services Committee she has seen a large increase in new applicants at Capstone's food shelf as households anticipate a disruption to SNAP benefits in early November.
"We have definitely seen a really large increase in the number of people who haven't used our food shelf, visiting us in the last couple of days," Sharp said. She described multiple recent clients who would be…
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