North suburban food pantry directors worry that spending cuts in President Donald Trump’s sweeping megabill could seriously disrupt the lives of the most marginalized from Skokie to Northbrook, causing people to go hungry.

After the Trump administration slashed the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by a projected $186 billion nationally , food pantry directors in the Skokie and Northbrook areas said the lower-income people who come to them would likely have to make hard choices between whether to pay rent, get medicine or buy food.

And it could start as soon as February, one food pantry director cautioned.

“We have a food pantry that already serves thousands of people every month. It’s a great resource, but it is just one resource,” said Ruth Orme-Johnson, Ni

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