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Fulton County human-services director says county coordinating with Food Bank to support residents if federal SNAP benefits lapse
Summary
Human Services Director Julie Dovey told commissioners she is coordinating with the Food Bank to ensure resources will be available to Fulton County residents affected if federal SNAP benefits are interrupted by a government shutdown. Commissioners entered a personnel executive session later related to Human Services.
Julie Dovey, Fulton CountyExecutive Development Director for Human Services, briefed the Board of Commissioners on Nov. 4 about contingency planning for potential interruptions to federally administered SNAP benefits amid the federal government shutdown.
Dovey said she has been working with the local Food Bank to ensure material assistance and referral resources will be available to residents who may lose SNAP access temporarily. The update was presented as part of a broader Human Services briefing; commissioners then entered an executive session for personnel matters related to Human Services and exited after roughly 15 minutes.
Dovey did not present dollar figures or a timeline for distribution at the Nov. 4 meeting; she framed the countyrole as coordinating with nonprofit partners to provide interim support. The record states only that staff are preparing an "action plan" and that resources will be available; specific eligibility, distribution sites and funding sources were not specified in the meeting transcript.
What happens next: Human Services staff will continue coordination with the Food Bank and will report back to the commissioners; no formal board action was recorded beyond the briefing and subsequent executive session.
