Overview
- President Donald Trump's administration said it will partially fund November SNAP using a limited emergency account of roughly $4.5 billion, with benefit amounts and timing still unspecified.
- Second Harvest Food Bank in East Tennessee is pushing out food through partners and mobile pantries, with its CEO pledging to keep distributions going until the crisis ends and urging donations and volunteers.
- United Way of Greater Knoxville is directing helpers through Volunteer East Tennessee to bolster staffing for food sorting, packing, and mobile pantry operations.
- Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee reports an especially large need for volunteers as staff pack SNAP disaster relief boxes in Smyrna, noting about 121,000 affected households across 46 counties and that every donated dollar can provide four meals.
- First Baptist Church in Lenoir City distributed thousands of bags of groceries to families, using SNAP cards and photo IDs for verification, and plans additional food assistance later in the week.