The 21st Show

Could new SNAP requirements lead to a hunger crisis in Illinois?

 

Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio

More than 100,000 Illinois residents are at risk of losing federal food support because of new work requirements. What does that mean and what’s being done about it? 

The head of a food bank as well as a grocer who owns four independent stores in southern Illinois join the conversation.

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Zac Heronemus 
Executive Director & CEO, Tri-State Food Bank

Craig Norrenberns 
Fourth-generation grocer, owner of four grocery stores in Southern Illinois