DoorDash, Instacart and Gopuff launched initiatives, including free meals and in-app discounts throughout November.

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the nation’s largest food assistance program will cause millions of people to lose benefits, strain state budgets, and pressure the nation’s food supply chain, all while likely hindering the goals of the administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” platform,

The New Castle School District is hit especially hard. Seventy-six percent of the families in the district get SNAP benefits for food assistance, but a program run by the school has been helping families with food for more than a decade.

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird will hold a news conference on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. to discuss efforts to support residents impacted by the pause of the federal government’s food assistance program.

Virginia launches emergency nutrition program to support 854,000 SNAP recipients if federal shutdown continues, using state funds and weekly payments.