NEW YORK (PIX11) -- As November benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) remain in limbo, one non-profit is working to help service workers in New York.

One Fair Wage has launched an emergency fund to provide direct cash assistance to restaurant and service workers affected by the SNAP benefit reductions. Workers can apply to receive up to $500 of relief, along with information on food resources and local relief efforts.

"The people who feed us can’t afford to feed themselves," said Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage.

"42 million Americans rely on food stamps, and millions of them are working. That reveals the crisis for what it really is: people working full time and still going hungry because wages are too low to live on," she continued.

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