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    ‘My Shelves Are Very Empty’: How a Year of SNAP Cuts Is Pressuring the Food System

    People in need line up to receive free food during a 2025 Thanksgiving food giveaway in Oakland, California. Tens of thousands of Bay Area households turned to emergency groceries after a temporary halt in SNAP benefits worsened already high levels of food insecurity. (Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    ‘My Shelves Are Very Empty’: How a Year of SNAP Cuts Is Pressuring the Food System Two and a half years ago, Helen Swire Comer quit her job as a bank manager to take care of her parents full-time. She’d worked

    Partnership for Basic Needs July 16, 2026July 16, 2026

    How SNAP cuts are impacting West Virginians

    How SNAP cuts are impacting West Virginians

    How SNAP cuts are impacting West Virginians CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Lincoln County woman is telling her story after she says she lost her SNAP benefits during a time when she needed them the most. In March 2023, Helen

    Partnership for Basic Needs July 6, 2026July 9, 2026

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