For the past several weeks, Jewish Family Services has been ramping up its food distribution services to meet a growing need in the community since the government shutdown started last month.

“Thank God I got my EBT in when it was supposed to come in, and I’m going to go do some shopping,” Marty Roks, who is a EBT recipient said.

Marty Roks is among the 400,000 San Diegans who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on her table and who went a week without the benefits before they were restored.

For Marty who’s 83, the thought of not receiving her EBT benefits is unfathomable.

“I would starve to death,” she said.

She said the benefits she receives from the federally funded program are not enough.

That’s why, since the government shutdown last month, she’s turned to other community resource

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