Detroit — The lasting impact of a two-week pause to federal food assistance this month and higher grocery prices have made those in need who are trying to make the holidays special extra thankful for food distribution sites in Metro Detroit.

The pause to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits forced recipient families to find other ways of getting food or cut back. Families have already felt the compounded effects of increasing prices even as inflation has moderated in the past couple of years, with average food-at-home prices rising 11.4% in 2022, 5% in 2023 and 1.2% in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture .

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