With a potential lapse in federal food assistance starting November 1, several local restaurants are stepping up to help families who rely on SNAP benefits put

Federal funding, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), could potentially begin running dry Saturday if Congress doesn’t reach a deal to end the U.S. government shutdown by then,

The latest county-level data shows more than 705,000 households across Georgia rely on the benefits each month.

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more than one in 10 Georgians use for groceries.

New Disabled South is distributing funds to help disabled individuals in Alabama and other Southern states as SNAP benefits are set to end next month.

Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock have joined a group of lawmakers pushing the federal government to continue funding SNAP.

Due to the government shutdown, many people across the two-state won’t receive SNAP benefits after October 31st. New Disabled South wants to step in and help the disabled in several southern states including Georgia and South Carolina.