Supporting our Neighbors through the SNAP Shutdown
This week, I was filled with gratitude for our community. As the government shutdown continued, many of you shared concerns about how our school might support those around us – in our own midst, in our neighborhood and beyond it – whose SNAP benefits are expected to run out. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program that provides monthly benefits to low-income households to help them buy food. If the shutdown continues, SNAP benefits for November (which would...