Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles–based nonprofit that provides free, medically tailored meals to residents with serious illnesses, has begun distributing $100 Ralphs grocery gift cards to clients who recently lost federal food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The initiative, announced Friday by Executive Director Richard Ayoub on Instagram, comes in response to reductions in SNAP benefits and ongoing disruptions tied to the federal government shutdown. Ayoub said the organization began delivering the gift cards to affected clients the same day and plans to continue through the weekend.

“Because they lost those benefits on Saturday, we started delivering today and will continue through the weekend,” Ayoub said. “The response has been overwhelming

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