SNAP Benefit Cuts: How 4 Women Are Getting By or Helping Out

Earlier this week, the Trump administration, compelled by a federal-court order , agreed to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) . But for the 42 million Americans who rely on the nation’s largest anti-hunger program to feed their families and pay their expenses, there was little relief to be found without receiving their benefits. Around 12:30 on a Thursday afternoon, the line for the food pantry at Harlem’s Community Kitchen, a branch of NYC’s Food Bank, snaked down the block and around the corner. “We’ve already been open for three hours. Usually, we have 10 to 20 people outside, but right now, we’ve got 50 to 60,” said director Sultana Ocasio. She predicts even more pain on the horizon of what has now become the longest government shutdown in U.S. h