ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Thursday an "emergency initiative" on SNAP, while Georgia Democrats are keeping up calls for state action with funding for the program, popularly known as food stamps, set to be cut off for November amid the government shutdown.

The mayor's plan is being called ATL CARES and includes moratoriums on cutoffs of city services -- such as water service by the ATL Watershed Management and a pause on evictions in city-owned, supported or funded housing -- as well as partnerships with non-profits and faith leaders to support food drives and distributions.

The Atlanta Community Food Bank meanwhile told 11Alive's Liza Lucas on Thursday morning that it is activating a $5 million Crisis Response Plan to "help feed hundreds of thousands of peopl

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