LANSING — Northern Michigan food banks are continuing to see increased demand due to delays in federal SNAP payments — but some relief may come soon.

The state announced Wednesday that 50% of normal SNAP benefits would be available on Saturday, November 8th, following recent federal rulings against the trump administration.

Charities say they’re grateful to see increased community support during the pause resulting from the government shutdown — but they warn that the government must reopen to get people the food they need.

“There’s no way that we can scale the food, the funds, the people, that it would take in order to scale up to a level that SNAP does every month,” said Dr. Phil Knight, executive director of the Food Bank Council of Michigan.

The council is part of Feeding A

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