SNAP provides food benefits for more than 40 million Americans, including more than a million children, families, seniors, and disabled adults in Georgia. Advocates warn that if the shutdown continues, food banks and community pantries will be pushed to the breaking point.

If SNAP funding lapses for the 1.4 million Georgians who utilize the benefits on Nov. 1, people can find food assistance from the places listed below.

Feeding Georgia is one of the state’s most reliable sources for families with food insecurity. Their reach includes seven regional food banks and collaboration with other organizations willing to provide relief. Feeding America Partner Food Bank. To find a food bank near you, visit their website for more information.

Food pantries in Georgia are bracing for impacts as benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, won’t be renewed in November.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Goodwill of North Georgia has announced that it will continue to offer its SNAP Employment & Training (E&T) program during the pause in benefits due to the government shutdown. The organization, which is the largest SNAP ...

Newly released internal DHS tallies show 2,207 case escalations last week alone — most flooding the state's call center — with more than a third repeat complaints amid ongoing SNAP delays.

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more […]

"Our state leaders should be planning to support Georgians who will lose SNAP if there is no federal action," Floyd said. "The state should support the emergency food system, like our food banks. However, food banks and community pantries can’t carry this burden alone.”

Georgia Democrats are urging Gov. Kemp to use part of the state’s $14.6 billion surplus to prevent the cutoff.