Charleston Gazette-Mail – As the government shutdown drags on, the focus in Washington is on political gamesmanship. But here in West Virginia, the consequences are dangerously real.
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One in 6 West Virginians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to help put food on the table. That’s more than 270,000 of our friends and neighbors, including nearly 100,000 children, who are now faced with legitimate worry about whether their food assistance will be available next month.
But the path forward is clear: the Trump administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture (the federal agency that oversees SNAP) have the authority, the funding and the responsibility to get SNAP assistance out to families in November even amid the shutdown. All it takes is a choice to do the right thing rather than making families the collateral damage in a political fight.
