Washington state governor to move $2.2M per week for food bank support amid SNAP funding expiration

Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday the move is meant to provide additional support to the state's food banks which are ...
Mercer Island Reporter on MSN

WA directs state dollars to food banks as SNAP funding cliff nears

Washington state will give food banks $2.2 million per week as they deal with the potential end of food stamp benefits due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.
Aberdeen Daily World on MSN

WA’s food aid program for infants and mothers now funded through most of November

Federal food benefits for Washington mothers and their babies at risk due to the federal government shutdown will continue into mid-to-late November, the state announced Thursday.
MyNorthwest

UN’s World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger

The United Nations' food aid agency said Wednesday that severe funding cuts from its top donors are hurting its operations in ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

WIC food program receives $300M to keep running during government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Federal shutdown could bring end of WA food program for mothers, babies

Washington’s Women, Infants, and Children program could shutter by mid-October because of the federal government shutdown, state health officials said Wednesday. Based on internal estimates, the ...
PBS

Government shutdown threatens WIC food program used by millions of families

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing ...

Pope denounces use of hunger as weapon of war as he urges world leaders 'not to look the other way'

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use of hunger as a weapon of war as he urged world leaders to act responsibly ...
Seattle Times

Shutdown could bring end of WA food program for mothers, babies

Washington’s Women, Infants, and Children program could shutter by mid-October because of the federal government shutdown, state health officials said Wednesday. Based on internal estimates, the ...