SNAP

Food assistance workers in Cherokee County are bracing for increased need as the month-old federal government shutdown hovers over the future of SNAP.

Republican Gov. Henry McMaster is championing private donations to the One SC Fund to help mitigate a looming SNAP funding crisis. State Democrats say the plan is something, but nowhere near a solution.

Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end. Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push for a temporary fix.

Administered by the Central Carolina Community Foundation, the fund will help support local food banks amidst the upcoming increase in demand. Gov. Henry McMaster calls on residents to donate as they would during a natural disaster.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for October 28, 2025: we have some breaking Democratic campaign trail news on the gubernatorial front and updates on several other state campaigns as well; we have the latest on the drama involving leadership at the State Election Commission; SNAP benefits are about to disappear for more than half a million South Carolinians as the government shutdown continues; and more!

More than 260,000 households throughout the state may not receive the needed food assistance on its usual schedule.

While SNAP recipients calculate food assistance cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill, food banks calculate the double whammy of more people turning to them as just federal dollars to fund food banks also drop.

Urban Institute has charted how the maximum allotment for assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program line up with reality. In South Carolina, it's a mixed bag.