According to state data, almost 200,000 people in King County receive SNAP food benefits. With the SNAP situation still being worked out in the wake of court rulings, the city has launched a webpage with a lookup tool that will point you to food banks and free-meal resources nearby – you can enter your address here.
The city’s announcement also notes that some Seattle Public Schools provide free meals to all students – the list, including eight West Seattle/South Park schools, is on this page
It might cost more here to live in red states but this is exactly why we have compassion we look out for our neighbors West Seattle has been my heart and soul since 1971
Links to local job fairs would really help with pride and empowerment
Heard of any job fairs lately? When we hear of them, we add the announcements to the event calendar. Unfortunately, multiple times daily these days, we’re getting announcements of job cuts. Anyway, in case you or anyone else doesn’t understand who needs SNAP, many recipients ARE employed:
https://apnews.com/article/snap-how-it-works-cards-e061c2af0f3cc997b69a24296238783c
Thank you for saying this. It’s ignorant to assume anyone who needs food assistance is unemployed. It perpetuates a terrible, and wrong, stereotype.
♥️ Thank you WSB. Ignorance needs to called out every time.
Most people on SNAP already have jobs. Those who don’t have jobs are most likely disabled, elderly, or caretakers. The only reason to look at someone else’s plate is to make sure they have enough eat.
Hoss if you are in need of a job I suggest you hop on LinkedIn or any of the other online sources…….just saying.
Missed opportunity to promote the WSB jobs page. As others have said, though, most SNAP recipients work. Growing up my family was on food stamps and my mom was working two jobs half the time. The people who don’t work are overwhelmingly those who are just not able to.
Even that’s been skimpy lately. (But if anybody reading this has a local job to list, don’t give some big-tech service a big posting fee, post it here for free, follow the JOBS tab or choose that option in the mobile menu.)
Hi! If you are pregnant, recently had a baby (or pregnancy loss), or have a baby/child under 5, wic is here for you! Benefits have been secured thru the month and clinics should be operating per usual. If you are furloughed or unemployed you likely qualify! If you haven’t been in recently, you can do appts remotely, benefits are issued on an EBT card, and approved foods include a cash voucher for fruits and vegetables, dairy and soy milk, yogurt, eggs, tofu, cheese, beans, lentils, tinned low mercury fish, and whole grains. It’s not your mama’s WIC. Text “WIC” to 96859 to get a list of clinics nearest your zip code
For seniors, COLA increases don’t even come close to covering actual inflation, and have fallen far short for many years now. This results in an ever-growing deficit. My housing costs increased by 12% this year alone, and local food prices 5-6%. The SS raise this year will be 2.8%. We can’t survive without SNAP, like it or not.
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