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Sign upFile: Crates of milk are seen at a food bnk warehouse on July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Pennsylvania is among states scrambling to send full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to millions of recipients in the wake of the federal government shutdown.
Payments had been halted during the six-week shutdown for the first time the program’s inception in 1964.
In Pennsylvania, the SNAP freeze came against the backdrop of the commonwealth’s own budget impasse, which had stalled billions of dollars from going to schools and social services and millions in aid from going to food banks.
Here’s where to find alternative food resources and how to help.
A collection of food banks, pantries and related resources can be found by county below:
A host of state and local organizations — from food banks and pantries to community fridges and grassroots coalitions — are dedicated to fighting food insecurity throughout the Philadelphia region.
Those interested in helping curb food insecurity may donate, volunteer or otherwise partner with any number of related organizations, including the more than 200 that are categorized by county above.
Below is a small handful in the Philadelphia region:
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