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Cumberland County warns SNAP allotments may not arrive in November as federal shutdown continues
Summary
Cheryl Holden, director of the Cumberland County Division of Social Services, told commissioners a federal shutdown has led to state notification that November SNAP allotments will not be loaded to benefit cards, affecting roughly 14,000 households and prompting county-organized food distribution plans.
Cheryl Holden, director of the Cumberland County Division of Social Services, told commissioners the federal government has informed states it will not load November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) allotments to electronic benefit cards because of a federal shutdown.
"We have approximately 14,000 households in Cumberland County that collect SNAP. It's about 27,000 people and approximately 13,000 of those are children," Holden said. "In addition to the number of people that this program is…
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