The recently approved federal budget includes sweeping changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps people afford groceries, officials said. The California Association of Food Banks described the cuts as the most severe in the program's history, ones that would make it harder for millions to access food.

Nearly 2 million Illinois residents rely on the Supplemental Food Assistance Program, or SNAP, to put food on the table. With federal cuts to the program, some food pantries, and the food banks that serve them,