"Oliver Alcazar, an unemployed construction worker who's training for a desk job after injuring his foot, was relieved to see his federal SNAP food benefit restored Sunday with $258 for his family of three for November. Even so, on Monday, he joined hundreds who lined up at the San Jose Flea Market where the nonprofit Hunger at Home was providing families packages of apples, pears, zucchini, bread and chicken fearing the federal aid program remains in jeopardy amid the ongoing congressional funding stalemate."
"SNAP funding restoration came on Friday amid a whirlwind of court rulings and federal and state actions. We anticipated having less people due to the fact that the SNAP program was reloaded, said Ewell Sterner, Hunger at Home's CEO. However, we're seeing a larger line than we had last week. I think it's the anxiety, the unknown, being weeks without the benefits, so getting caught up."
Oliver Alcazar, an unemployed construction worker training for a desk job after injuring his foot, had his federal SNAP benefit restored Sunday with $258 for November for his family of three. Hundreds still lined up at the San Jose Flea Market for Hunger at Home food packages of produce, bread and chicken amid fears that the federal aid program could remain in jeopardy because of the ongoing congressional funding stalemate and the country's longest government shutdown. SNAP restoration followed rapid court rulings and state actions, including a Rhode Island judge ordering full SNAP funding and California releasing CalFresh assistance to 5.5 million residents.
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