Seattle mom, food banks face uncertainty as SNAP funding hangs in the balance

Rainier Valley Food Bank says the city is exploring whether it can repurpose municipal employees to help deliver groceries.

SEATTLE — At 30 weeks pregnant, Stephanie Harris is stretching every dollar. She left her social-work job to go back to school and turned to SNAP to feed her family of three kids, with a fourth on the way.

Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must continue funding SNAP — the nation’s largest food-aid program — using contingency funds during the ongoing government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has until the end of the day Monday to decide whether it will fully or

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