SNAP Funding Freeze: How To Take Action For Brooklyn Neighbors

The loss of SNAP funding due to the government shutdown is nothing short of a moral failure that must be corrected immediately by federal authorities. Judges have ordered payments to resume this week and we expect our leaders to do the right thing.

SNAP is a powerful and effective safeguard against hunger in our communities, and its withdrawal—even temporarily—threatens the well-being and stability of more than 700,000 Brooklynites who rely on it.

Brooklyn’s nonprofit community cannot, and will not, allow our neighbors to go hungry in the absence of a federal response. We know that the need is enormous. In our People’s Pulse survey earlier this year, 35% of Brooklyn residents said they were having trouble affording basic necessities like food and clothing.  

And the nonprofits that will be on the frontlines are already stretched thin. Our recent survey found that 86% of nonprofits are facing higher costs, while more than 40% report cuts to both government funding and private donations.

Brooklyn Org stands with our nonprofit partners and neighbors who are bearing the brunt of this preventable hardship and we will be issuing grants this month to support local emergency food providers.

We urge every Brooklynite who can to take action: donate to your local food pantry, volunteer with a neighborhood organization, and support boroughwide efforts like our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign, to ensure no one goes hungry. See our list of local resources below.

Together, we will meet this crisis with the resilience and compassion that defines Brooklyn.

 

In partnership,

Dr. Jocelynne Rainey
President and CEO
Brooklyn Org

 

Ways To Take Action

Join Our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn Campaign: we’re aiming to raise $5 million this year so that we can increase our funding to local nonprofits by 25%. Your support fuels grants, programs, and impact across the borough, showing what’s possible when Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn.

Give Directly to Brooklyn Emergency Food Providers

You can support Brooklyn Org partners working across the borough and in your own backyard:

• Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center
• The Campaign Against Hunger
• Community Help in Park Slope Inc (CHiPS)
• Council of Peoples Organization (COPO)
• Mixteca
• Neighbors Together
• UA3
• St. John’s Bread and Life

Explore and Share Local Pantries and Providers

Use these maps to direct your neighbors in need to their nearest emergency food providers:

• Plentiful

• Findhelp.org

• The Food Pantries Food Connect Map