Georgia Democrats are urging Gov. Kemp to use part of the state’s $14.6 billion surplus to prevent the cutoff.

Uncertainty about whether SNAP funds will flow or freeze is prompting farmers and community groups to step up and fill the food gap.

"Our state leaders should be planning to support Georgians who will lose SNAP if there is no federal action," Floyd said. "The state should support the emergency food system, like our food banks. However, food banks and community pantries can’t carry this burden alone.”

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more than one in 10 Georgians use for groceries.

Despite the impending cutoff of SNAP benefits, the WIC program remains funded for a while in Georgia, at least for a couple of weeks.

Newly released internal DHS tallies show 2,207 case escalations last week alone — most flooding the state's call center — with more than a third repeat complaints amid ongoing SNAP delays.

The article details the training of new ICE agents and the impact of a government shutdown on SNAP benefit funding in Georgia.

With uncertainty continuing around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia is preparing for an increase in demand and assuring the community of its unwavering support.