A LOT OF NEW MEXICANS … NEARLY HALF A MILLION … ARE LINING UP AT FOOD BANKS AFTER SNAP BENEFITS WERE CUT LAST NOVEMBER. JASON RIGGS WITH THE ROADRUNNER FOOD BANK SAYS IT CAUGHT MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE OFF GUARD, EVEN THOUGH SNAP BENEFITS WERE ALWAYS SCHEDULED TO END ON NOVEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR. SONYA WARWICK WITH ROADRUNNER SAYS 30 PERCENT OF THEIR CLIENTS ARE ON SNAP. SHE SAYS A RECENT STUDY BY FEEDING AMERICA FOUND NEW MEXICO SECOND IN THE NATION FOR ITS HUNGER LEVEL … AND FIRST IN THE NATION FOR ITS NUMBER OF HUNGRY CHILDREN.
