{"id":8988,"date":"2025-11-05T22:40:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=8988"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:40:13","slug":"local-mother-describes-concerns-amid-snap-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/11\/05\/local-mother-describes-concerns-amid-snap-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"Local mother describes concerns amid SNAP situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 It is unclear whether Alabamians will receive their SNAP benefits. One mother in Pike County spoke with TrojanVision who finds herself in a difficult situation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/snap\/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a> (SNAP) having lost much of its funding, many families across the country are turning to food banks to help meet their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madelyn Gillis is a mother of three who just lost her SNAP benefits. Despite working a full-time job, Gills fears she will not be able to feed her seven-month-old daughter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m worried that I\u2019m going to run out of formula,\u201d Gillis said. \u201cUsually, I buy a can of formula with my SNAP card, but now I can\u2019t.\u00a0Even if I go to Walmart and get one of the cheaper cans, it\u2019s still 30 or 40 dollars. I\u2019m worried if I\u2019m going to be able to pay the bills this month and buy food.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though Gillis is worried, she doesn\u2019t want her children to be.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/10\/31\/local-service-organization-concerned-for-pike-county-families-ahead-of-snap-ending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MORE FOR YOU: Local service organization concerned for Pike County families ahead of SNAP ending<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying not to tell them because I don\u2019t want them to worry,\u201d Gillis said. \u201cI\u2019m telling them things like \u2018we can\u2019t afford that right now\u2019 or maybe \u2018we\u2019ll get it next time. They don\u2019t understand and I don\u2019t want them to understand what\u2019s happening right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the hard times, Gillis trusts that her community won\u2019t let her family go hungry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyresilienceproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRP<\/a> [Troy Resilience Project] is open,\u201d Gillis said. \u201cI\u2019m glad that they have food pantries.\u00a0The people in Pike County pull together like a community. I\u2019m nervous, but I know my neighbor will not let us go hungry.\u00a0\u201c\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, Gillis is doing what she can to keep food on the table, while waiting to see if her benefits will be restored. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.troyresilienceproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRP<\/a> is open eight to four Monday through Friday. Viewers can drop off donations at 401 S. Brundidge Street Troy.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 It is unclear whether Alabamians will receive their SNAP benefits. One mother in Pike County spoke with TrojanVision who finds herself in a difficult situation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) having lost much of its funding, many families across the country are turning to food banks to help meet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/11\/05\/local-mother-describes-concerns-amid-snap-situation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":9005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1125],"tags":[2690,2689,1352],"topics":[],"class_list":["post-8988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-food-banks-pike-county","tag-snap-pike-county","tag-troy-resilience-project"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9004,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions\/9004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=8988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}