Posts tagged as “Custer County Community Sharing Center”

(Details of special food distribution are at the bottom of the article) Perhaps a national and state timeline will be helpful as background for appreciating how local volunteers have been mobiliz­ing to address the uncertainty faced by 455 Custer County households dependent on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. – Sunday/Monday, October 26/27: the federal administration and USDA announced that as of November 1, “the well is dry,” discontinuing SNAP benefits to 42 million Americans during the government shutdown, noting that the reserve fund set aside for emergencies in the program would not be tapped. – Tuesday, October 28: Colorado joins 24 other states, representing about 25 mil­lion SNAP recipients, in suing the federal administration, asking a Massachusetts fed­eral judge to restore the benefits, including…