Since Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits were put on pause nearly a week ago, city and state officials have scrambled to find funding to support local food banks and other hunger relief resources. But Rob Dubow, Philadelphia's director of finance, said these are only short-term solutions and the city's limited resources can't withstand the federal government shutdown continuing much longer.

"We don't have the capability to stand in for (SNAP) in the long term," Dubow said at City Council on Wednesday. "We just don't have that financial capability. ... (Federal lawmakers) have to do their jobs." MORE: City officials point residents to food aid resources amid SNAP pause

Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and President Donald Trump said they wouldn't provi

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