SNAP

The United Way of Lake County is hosting a pop-up food distribution in Mentor Thursday.

Food related calls to the United Way of Greater Cleveland's 211 crisis hotline have tripled in recent days.

The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program ran out of funds on Saturday. Cities and nonprofits are suing the Trump administration over its refusal to release contingency funds to pay for the program.

The future of food stamp benefits is uncertain as the federal government shutdown continues into its second month. We'll hear how leaders in Tuscarawas County are preparing for increased food insecurity.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it will run out of funding for SNAP as of Saturday due to the government shutdown which would affect 190,000 recipients in Cuyahoga County.

Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to run out Nov. 1 if the government doesn't reopen. More than 77,000 Summit County residents are on SNAP, according to county officials

The federally funded Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program was created to support families who count on free and reduced-cost lunch programs when schools went virtual in 2020. The program ends with the current school year.

SNAP benefits expanded following the pandemic as many people lost their jobs and needed extra assistance. Now that the expansion has expired as of March 1, some people are looking for other ways to afford food.

Low-income families in Ohio have been receiving additional food stamp benefits for the last two years. Food banks across the state expect a surge as the federal pandemic aid ends.

Cuyahoga County Job and Family Services is scrambling to ensure victims of fraud have enough food for the holiday.