LONG GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN HAS HAD A REAL EFFECT ON HUNGER. WE’VE WATCHED AS OUR NEIGHBORS STRUGGLED THIS PAST WEEK. FAMILIES STRETCHING WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE. MANY PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP AND SOME ...

The lines for food inside the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic are seeing new faces. “We've had people come here that will walk in the door and say, I've never done this before. I don't know how ...

About one in seven New Yorkers relies on SNAP, a federally funded program to buy enough food, a program whose benefits are likely to stop during the federal government shutdown. Local food pantries ...