Quarter-million Iowans could lose food assistance amid federal shutdown

The Trump administration has announced SNAP benefits will not be circulated on November 1st if the partial government shutdown continues. Annette Hacker, chief communications and strategy officer with the Food Bank of Iowa, says a cutoff of federal food aid would be unprecedented. “We have never seen a time in history before where SNAP benefits […]

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