How SNAP Cuts Are Hitting Chicago
12 May 2026

How SNAP Cuts Are Hitting Chicago

In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

About
Sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program made by the federal government last year are now going into effect. In the Loop gets updates and hears how changes to SNAP benefits are impacting local grocery stores and Chicago-area families. Guest host Mariah Woelfel, WBEZ city government reporter, checks in with Nolan Downey of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Melody Winston of Living Fresh Market in Forest Park and
Sally Schulze of RefugeeOne.

For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.