Six weeks into the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history, the Trump administration has, as of Monday, agreed to dole out “partial” payments to Americans receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
As to when exactly those payments will hit the 42 million EBT cards, and 190,000 in Cuyahoga County, no one knows for sure. The same goes for the tug-of-war blame game for the shutdown at hand.
Last Friday, in a distribution room at the May Dugan Center in Ohio City, just about every mayor, councilmember and sports team rep in a ten-mile radius convened to tell those present that they were all chipping in hundreds of thousands of dollars to help county residents on SNAP get through what’s bound to be a tough month ahead.
But that money, along with the $7 million heading to Cuyahoga County from a Statehouse emergency fund, is no where near the $37 million a month the Feds typically send to EBT card holders here.
Which could spell worse news by Thanksgiving with the one in eight county residents who rely on SNAP scrambling to find other ways outside government assistance to feed themselves and their familes. (And their pets.)
So, here’s a list of the food centers and pantries across Cleveland (as adapted from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s map) where most if not all Clevelanders on SNAP can grab a bag full of groceries in the meantime:
Bishop William Cosgrove Center
1736 Superior Ave E.,
Cleveland, OH 44114
216-781-8262
Iglesia Sinai
2806 Daisy Ave
Cleveland, OH 44109
440-755-3008
Mary’s Cupboard of Hope
3205 Fulton Rd
Cleveland, OH 44109
216-961-8331
St. Vitus Church
6019 Lausche Ave
Cleveland, OH 44103
216-361-1444
St. Catherine Church
9412 Heath Ave
Cleveland, OH 44104
440-526-1686
Focus Dreamers, Inc.
11501 Mount Carmel Rd
Cleveland, OH 44104
216-857-2249
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