At the beginning of the government shutdown, Feeding Tampa Bay put a plan in place to provide help for people whose paychecks were put on hold.

The organization expanded its capacity by extending market hours and having groups at the Causeway Center come in to provide help with finances, bills, and mental health support. This is all an effort to make sure furloughed workers and other affected federal employees have access to essential resources for free.

Since SNAP funding ran out, Feeding Tampa Bay has been holding emergency food distributions so families who rely on SNAP can put food on the table while they wait for these critical funds.

Its estimated about 500,000 people across Feeding Tampa Bays 10-county region are being impacted by the loss of SNAP funding.

According to the USDA,

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