In a Wednesday news release, the non-profit that has reported helping over 2.4 million individuals in holiday assistance announced that thousands of Northeast and Northwest Ohio families have turned to them for food assistance amid national funding cutbacks.

The Salvation Army stated that much of this increase has come in recent weeks as people have been impacted by the higher prices and recent cutbacks in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Because of this, the Salvation Army's food pantries and hot meals programs are seeing a record high number of individuals seeking assistance, some for the first time.

"The Salvation Army in Northeast and Northwest Ohio has not seen this level of request for food assistance since the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Earlier this year, w

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