snap – Temple Update https://templeupdate.com On Air. Online. On Now. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/home/smcsites/public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir/47/files/2020/08/27112012/cropped-templeupdate-4-32x32.jpg snap – Temple Update https://templeupdate.com 32 32 Continued Impact of SNAP Benefit Delays https://templeupdate.com/effects-of-continued-snap-benefit-delays/ https://templeupdate.com/effects-of-continued-snap-benefit-delays/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:12:40 +0000 https://templeupdate.com/?p=30559 SNAP, has entered its third week of delays as a result of the US government shutdown. View More » ]]> The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has entered its third week of delays as a result of the US government shutdown. As SNAP recipients swipe their EBT cards during their weekly and biweekly grocery trips, they hope their remaining October funds will cover their groceries. This hope has become the new normal for some Temple students.

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]]> https://templeupdate.com/missed-snap-benefits/feed/ 0 Government Shutdown Threatens SNAP Benefits for Temple Students https://templeupdate.com/government-shutdown-threatens-snap-benefits-for-temple-students/ https://templeupdate.com/government-shutdown-threatens-snap-benefits-for-temple-students/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:59:17 +0000 https://templeupdate.com/?p=30505 View More » ]]> Grace Zweitzig loves to cook. One of her favorite meals is pasta — gluten-free, of course. “I can’t eat regular pasta,” Zweitzig said. “It’s stressful because you don’t want to think about where your next meal is going to come from.” Zweitzig uses SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to pay for groceries. But with a government shutdown looming…

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