‘A very scary time’: SNAP benefits may end Nov. 1. Here’s how it could hit local families - Gainesville Times

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‘A very scary time’: SNAP benefits may end Nov. 1. Here’s how it could hit local families

Georgia Mountain Food Bank helps provide food for the more than 50,000 people living with food insecurity in the organization’s five-county area. (File photo) - photo by Scott Rogers

11232023 THANKSGIVING 8.jpg — Georgia Mountain Food Bank helps provide food for the more than 50,000 people living with food insecurity in the organization’s five-county area. (File photo) - photo by Scott Rogers

The Georgia Department of Human Services announced Friday, Oct. 24, that SNAP benefits are expected to end Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, which could put millions of Georgians at risk of going hungry.