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Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia spent $500,000 in eight days to provide food for those affected by the loss of benefits.

The City of Savannah contributed $50,000 to support the nonprofit's hunger relief efforts.

New work requirements for SNAP recipients will take effect once the federal government reopens.

Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia has spent half a million dollars in just eight days to make up for the loss of government food-purchasing assistance.

For the first time in history, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has lapsed amid the ongoing federal government shutdown. The halt affects roughly one in eight Georgians, or about 1.4 million people, who depend on the program to buy healthy food.

Local food banks and nonprofits, including Sec

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