SNAP serves roughly 42 million low-income Americans.
One of the biggest impacts of the government shutdown is about to hit tens of millions of the poorest Americans hard: the halting of a critical food assistance program.
Several states are now warning they will be forced to suspend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits come Nov. 1 if the shutdown continues.
SNAP, often referred to as “food stamps,” serves roughly 42 million low-income Americans. The program, run by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, issues electronic benefits that can be used like cash to purchase food.
I follow too many Linux communities… I had to read way too much of this before realising it wasn’t about that
OMG, if the government shutdown could end snaps for app installs, I would be so happy.
AppImage or die.
Haha, nice!