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Columbus Water & Power is offering relief to customers hit by the government shutdown. Here's how federal workers, SNAP recipients can apply.
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How SNAP and CalFresh work and who is eligible
The federal government shutdown is threatening to suspend these SNAP benefits, after the US Department of Agriculture last week, in a message on its website, that payments would not be issued on Nov.
The megabill further shuttered the SNAP-Ed, a federally funded grant program that "helps people make their SNAP dollars stretch, teaches them how to cook healthy meals, and lead physically active lifestyles," according to the program's website. Funding for SNAP-Ed ended Oct. 1.
State officials say they have a contingency plan called the Hawaii Relief Program that would help at least a third of SNAP beneficiaries.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), facing its first-ever funding lapse on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, is