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Gloucester resident urges recommitment to food‑system resiliency after SNAP withholding
Summary
During public comment on Nov. 17, 2025, Catherine Elkins told commissioners that SNAP payments withheld during the federal shutdown left "over 3,450 households" ("nearly 6,000 people") without benefits and asked the board to recommit to a Jan. 25, 2021 county resolution supporting local food‑system resiliency.
Catherine Elkins, a Gloucester resident, used the meeting's public‑comment period on Nov. 17 to press the Carteret County Board of Commissioners to recommit to a January 2021 county resolution that supports food‑system resiliency.
Elkins told the board that during the recent federal shutdown SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) withholding affected "over 3,450 households"—"nearly 6,000 people"—and that recipients had been…
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