West Virginia’s food banks received less state funding this year in a Republican-sponsored budget bill signed six months before Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (formerly known as food stamps) were delayed, skyrocketing the current need for free food giveaways. Health

'This is unrelenting': WV feeding centers prep for more need as shutdown persists

By Caity Coyne West Virginia Watch

5 min to read

Gov. Patrick Morrisey has recently funneled more than $8 million to the state’s food banks after thousands of SNAP users in West Virginia didn’t receive their benefits at the start of November because of the federal government shutdown. He plans to give an additional $2.5 million more in state funding this week while the state is working to give out a reduced SNAP

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