County Braces For More Shutdown Fallout
Braveboy, Council Announce Plans To Face SNAP Cuts, Food Insecurity
By Raoul Dennis
“We want to reassure the public that we have their back. That we're working hard and that we're providing as much as we can for them,” said Prince George's County Executive Aisha Braveboy, at the top of an Oct. 31 press conference.
Amidst the DOGE cuts, the government shutdown furloughing hundreds of county residents, the closing of four county-based food shopping centers, and now the budget end to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food programming services, county leaders continue to brace themselves and stand together against the pain.
More than 110,000 county residents typically receive SNAP benefits, 48,000 of them are children.
Add to this the county’s $170 million budget deficit before the Trump Administration was sworn in last January.
“We are in a tight budget situation,” Braveboy continued. “I came into structural deficit, so I’m doing my best to be fiscally prudent, but also understanding that there are real needs that people have.”
At her back stood Prince George’s County Council Chair Edward P. Burroughs III (D-Dist. 8), along with councilmembers Ingrid Watson (D-Dist. 4), Krystal Oriadha (D-Dist. 7), and Eric Olson (D-Dist. 3).
