{"id":20500,"date":"2025-10-25T07:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20500\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:22:09","slug":"east-texas-food-bank-prepares-for-potential-end-of-snap-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/20500\/","title":{"rendered":"East Texas Food Bank prepares for potential end of SNAP benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYLER, Texas (KETK<\/a>) \u2013 As the United States government shut down threatens SNAP<\/a> food benefits, the East Texas Food Bank<\/a> is preparing to step up for East Texans who rely on the program\u2019s assistance.<\/p>\n

East Texas Food Bank losing over $850,000 after Trump administration cuts <\/a><\/p>\n

According to Texas Health and Human Services Commission<\/a>, November\u2019s SNAP benefits won\u2019t be sent out if the government shut down continues on Monday. East Texas Food Bank CEO, David Emerson, explained that they\u2019re already preparing to meet a greater demand for food.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we\u2019re already buying more food in anticipation of this,\u201d Emerson said. \u201cSo we always have truckloads coming in on a regular basis and just this week alone, just yesterday I ordered $200,000 more food, that we\u2019re going to have to go out and purchase, that we weren\u2019t planning on purchasing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Medicaid, WIC, TANF and CHIP\u00a0benefits will reportedly be unaffected if the shutdown continues on Monday but the more than 41 million\u00a0Americans who use SNAP<\/a> will lose access to the program unless the government acts by Monday.<\/p>\n

East Texans can visit the East Texas Food Bank online<\/a> to learn more about their services.<\/p>\n

You can now stream KETK and FOX51 News live 24\/7 on your smart TV\u00a0with\u00a0KETK+<\/a>,\u00a0our brand-new app! No antenna, cable, or satellite needed\u2014watch for free, anytime.\u00a0Just download it on your Roku, Apple TV, or Fire TV and start streaming.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KETK.com | FOX51.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TYLER, Texas (KETK) \u2013 As the United States government shut down threatens SNAP food benefits, the East Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15558,15557,2608,7951,4250,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-20500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-david-emerson","9":"tag-east-texans","10":"tag-ketk","11":"tag-snap","12":"tag-snap-benefits","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-texas-headlines","15":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}