West Virginia MetroNews, Hampshire Review – The federal government says supplemental food benefits won’t be issued for November because of the ongoing shutdown, and the chief of West Virginia’s largest food bank is bracing for tough times.
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“What went through my mind is, how are we going to fill this gap?” Chad Morrison, chief executive of Mountaineer Food Bank said on MetroNews Midday.
“You know, there’s so many families out there — I mean, 144,000 households in West Virginia — that receive SNAP benefits. And how we’re going to fill this gap to make sure our children, our seniors and our veterans are getting the nutrition they need?”
