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‘A Traumatic Experience’: SNAP Interruption Leaves Recipients Shaken

Some have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

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A food pantry at the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia.
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The Shutdown Is Over. For Many SNAP Recipients, the Scars Remain.

Some recipients have seen their benefits return but are worried they could still be taken away. Others wonder whether the funding could be stopped again at some point.

© Hannah Yoon for The New York Times

A food pantry at the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia.
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In Alaska and Hawaii, Higher Food Prices Intensified SNAP Anxiety

Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over the past weeks has burdened many in the two states, where the cost of food is the highest in the nation.

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Katherine du Plessis, a 43-year-old single mother who depends on SNAP benefits to make ends meet, at home with her 8-year-old daughter on Sunday in Anchorage.
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How Families Are Coping with SNAP Cuts During the Shutdown

For the 42 million people who rely on the country’s largest anti-hunger program, it has been a chaotic, nerve-racking week. Here are some of their stories.

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Many SNAP recipients turned to food pantries, like the Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia, Pa.
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