{"id":22067,"date":"2025-10-27T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22067\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T10:59:12","slug":"feeding-tampa-bay-expanding-its-efforts-as-shutdown-goes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22067\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding Tampa Bay expanding its efforts as shutdown goes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week,\u00a0Feeding Tampa Bay\u00a0is expanding its efforts to support thousands of local workers and families who are struggling without paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>The organization has\u00a0extended hours at its <a href=\"https:\/\/feedingtampabay.org\/causeway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Causeway food market<\/a>, opening its doors specifically for federal employees to shop for groceries and essential items. <\/p>\n<p>But the help doesn\u2019t stop there. Through partnerships with community organizations, Feeding Tampa Bay is also assisting with\u00a0bill payments and extensions\u00a0for those facing mounting financial strain.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Feeding Tampa Bay\u00a0is expanding its efforts as shutdown goes on\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/>Feeding Tampa Bay is also assisting with\u00a0bill payments and extensions\u00a0for those facing mounting financial strain<br \/>\n<br \/>A\u00a0critical deadline looms on November 1, when\u00a0SNAP benefits are set to expire, potentially impacting about\u00a0250,000 people\u00a0across the Tampa Bay area<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the shutdown continuing and no end in sight, the needs in our community are growing,\u201d said\u00a0Shannon Hannon-Oliviero\u00a0with Feeding Tampa Bay. \u201cIf you could donate, one dollar equals five meals for us, and we are going to have a lot more people in our care. We do right now with government workers, but if SNAP is cut, it is going to be a lot of people in need that are already at a critical time in their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0critical deadline looms on November 1, when\u00a0SNAP benefits are set to expire, potentially impacting about\u00a0250,000 people\u00a0across the Tampa Bay area who rely on that assistance each month.<\/p>\n<p>Feeding Tampa Bay is urging the public to step up with\u00a0donations and volunteer support, especially if the shutdown continues past the SNAP deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Those wishing to help can visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.feedingtampabay.org\/governmentshutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FeedingTampaBay.org\/governmentshutdown<\/a>\u00a0for more information on\u00a0how to donate or volunteer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0As the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week,\u00a0Feeding Tampa Bay\u00a0is expanding its efforts to support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[274,28,276,2635,2287,115,99,135,137,136,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-22067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-app-top-stories","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-hillsborough-county","11":"tag-jason-lanning","12":"tag-local-politics","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-tampa","16":"tag-tampa-headlines","17":"tag-tampa-news","18":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}