Barbara Rodriguez

Interim Health and Caregiving Reporter

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Love Dyer doesn’t know what to expect when her federal food benefits — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — refill later this month. Amid a legal battle between the Trump administration and judges trying to restore aid , the Atlanta mom is wary of letting her guard down and trusting that things could soon be back to normal.

Dyer understands food insecurity deeply. Before she had her two kids, the 41-year-old experienced homelessness. The single mom is grateful her children don’t know that life, but she knows it means working to make their dollars stretch.

That can be hard at times. Dyer has a 14-year-old autistic son who is nonverbal. He’s a picky eater

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