Tina Ruiz isn’t sure how she will be able to pay bills and keep food on the table if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are not restored.

Ruiz, a Kane County resident, said she had received emails and letters about SNAP getting cut off and also saw it watching TV.

She said she Friday had not yet received November benefits – the same day the Supreme Court paused a lower court ruling ordering full funding of SNAP.

Ruiz has been going to food banks and pantries. She also has been exchanging food with her neighbors, who are all helping each other out. Ruiz said she knows some bills will be paid late this month and is “starting to feel the stress now” with the holidays coming.

Ruiz participated in a roundtable discussion Friday at Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva ab

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