Bronx Food Pantry Is Serving More People After Recent Cut-Off Of SNAP Benefits

Bronx Food Pantry Is Serving More People After Recent Cut-Off Of SNAP Benefits

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Bronx Food Pantry serves more than three million meals. They see more people after the cut-off of SNAP benefits due to the end of the COVID-19 funding program.

Bronx Food Pantry Is Serving More People After Recent Cut-Off Of SNAP Benefits
Bronx Food Pantry Is Serving More People After Recent Cut-Off Of SNAP Benefits (Photo: CBS News)

 

The Bronx Food Pantry said they are serving more people than before

The Bronx Food Pantry said they are seeing more people show up in their food pantry for help than before.

The Food Pantry in the Bronx said the cut of SNAP benefits due to an end of the COVID-19 pandemic funding program. The situation makes it harder to lower-income households.

Some SNAP beneficiaries who went to Bronx Food Pantry look abundant because they get more food. In reality, they stock up because they cannot afford anything shortly.

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The Bronx Food Pantry customers said they eat the right amount of food and don’t throw or waste nothing

The demand for Bronx Food Pantry is the highest in ten years. The POTS explained that the Bronx Food Pantry served 30,000 people during the pandemic, but now it tripled.

The recent cuts of SNAP benefits resulting families struggling in the Bronx. They hope that SNAP benefits will increase to avail more in Bronx Food Pantry.

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