Food pantries across Northeast Ohio remain busy amid rollbacks to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services started providing partial November payments to SNAP recipients this week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture stopped payments at the beginning of the month due to the federal government shutdown. To help fill the gaps on groceries, local officials and crisis management organizations directed people to food pantries.

The Hunger Network partners with dozens of food pantries across Greater Cleveland including MidTown Market, which typically served 40-60 households per day before the SNAP disruption, said Emma Messett, the Hunger Network’s hunger relief program director.

MidTown Market's record number of households served in a s

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