160,000 Allegheny County residents, including 50,000 kids, face loss of SNAP benefits in November

“With a halt or major delay to two key safety net programs likely next week, social service providers fear a government-shutdown driven crisis as low-income Pennsylvanians will not get food or utility assistance they would normally receive in early November.

The combination of both those supports being gone at the same time, is going to “create a catastrophe for both the emergency food system as well as all of the other charitable organizations that help provide utility support,” said Ann Sanders, public policy advocate at Pittsburgh-based anti-hunger organization Just Harvest.”

Publish Date: 10-28-2025

News Outlet: WESA

Author: Kate Giammarise