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With Food Stamp Benefits Threatened by the Government Shutdown, How Georgia’s Largest Food Bank Is Already Answering Historic Demand
This week, Scott is speaking with Atlanta Community Food Bank President and CEO Kyle Waide. The Food bank works with more than 700 community-based nonprofit food distribution partners in metro Atlanta and North Georgia, including food pantries, community kitchens, childcare centers and more. They have seen their demand rise 70% is just the past three-and-a-half years. If the government shutdown continues into November, shutting off the flow of additional Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program dollars would be disastrous. Waide suggests identifying additional food resources now through…
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