US Families Turn to Food Banks and Relatives as Benefits Stall
When Daletia Chung, of Montgomery County, Maryland, learned that her November food benefits would be delayed, she immediately made a plan with extended family to share meals and groceries so she could keep herself and her child fed.
But she can't lean on them forever, she said after picking up a basket of groceries from the Manna Food Center food bank in Silver Spring.
"If I don't receive any (benefits) in two weeks, then I'm going to wonder, what are the options?" Chung said...
To Read Full Story Login Below.