STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Social Care Network of Richmond County is providing meals and pantry boxes to approved Medicaid recipients worried about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit interruption.

The pantry boxes, tailored to diet restrictions, contain enough food for seven days, said Dr. Joseph Conte, executive director of the Staten Island Performer Provider System, which coordinates the Social Care Network in support of residents through community-based organizations.

The meals contain fresh foods, such as ground meat, salmon, vegetables, dried goods, tuna fish and beans, Conte said. “All good, hearty meals that are good for you,’' he said.

The program, implemented in January, has screened over 35,000 people on Staten Island and is already serving more than 9,000

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