Newly released internal DHS tallies show 2,207 case escalations last week alone — most flooding the state's call center — with more than a third repeat complaints amid ongoing SNAP delays.

The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating the death of a 20-year-old woman overnight. Georgians will not get SNAP benefits come Nov. 1. Hear how people across the state are stepping up to support them.

Food banks across Chatham County are preparing to support thousands of residents who may lose access to SNAP benefits amid the government shutdown.

The government shutdown could soon take food off the table for more than a million Georgians who rely on SNAP benefits — leaving many families anxious.

ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is planning Thursday to announce an "emergency initiative" on SNAP, while Georgia Democrats are keeping up calls for state action with funding for the program, popularly known as food stamps, set to be cut off for November amid the government shutdown.

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more than one in 10 Georgians use for groceries.

ATLANTA - Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has ordered an immediate pause on residential evictions and water shutoffs as the federal lapse in SNAP funding threatens to leave families without food assistance starting Nov. 1.