Fear, outrage over reduced federal food aid

The Trump Administration on Tuesday threatened to halt the main federal food assistance program until the end of the government shutdown, potentially reversing the previous day’s announcement that the government would provide partial SNAP funding this month.

However this plays out, locals outside the Helena Food Share expressed disdain for the political in-fighting in Washington and feared the impossible choices they may soon face.

“That money I’m going to be spending on groceries [means] I’m going to be running out of water,” said Boulder resident Monty Auch, who recently got SNAP after his divorce.