Early issued food stamp benefits could run out sooner
The shutdown of the federal government is over, at least temporarily, but it could yet cause problems for more than 90,000 Cumberland County residents because of a change in the timing of food stamp benefits.Brenda Jackson, director of the county’s Department of Social Services, told county commissioners at a meeting Monday that the shutdown caused officials to issue February’s benefits under the Food and Nutrition program on Jan. 20. The benefits are usually issued […]
