NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - September is National Hunger Action month, but food banks across the country are bracing for federal budget cuts that could impact their operations.
Federal budget cuts to key programs are affecting food banks across the U.S., and here at the Lowcountry Foodbank, officials said they're constantly assessing the impacts. While searching for new ways to continue serving the community.
Thousands of South Carolinians could lose SNAP and SNAP-Ed benefits at the end of September. As the federal government is set to defund the program that provides education about how to shop smart to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, users.
The Lowcountry Foodbank's, Brenda Shaw, Chief Development Officer, explained the program they operate is to provide nutrit