CHOP Out Hunger

November’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits will not be paid to Pennsylvanians due to the federal government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified states earlier this month that it would not be able to fully fund SNAP for November during the shutdown.

CHOP Out Hunger, which offers in-school food pantries and backpack programs to 45,000 children weekly, hopes to expand statewide.