Send cash to families losing SNAP benefits

SNAP benefits are essential food assistance. Without it, families are faced with the impossible trade off of deciding between keeping food on the table or a roof over their heads. We know the harshest impacts will be on children, who make up nearly half of SNAP participants.

You can help. Your gift delivers $300 cash payment to households with children in Atlanta’s highest-need ZIP codes, removing barriers that keep parents from securing food. Cash works: no hoops, no hurdles, no stigma—just groceries on the table when they’re needed most.

Every $300 = 1 household stabilized

Choose your impact:

• $300 → 1 household
• $600 → 2 households
• $1,200 → 4 households
• $2,400 → 8 households

Every dollar counts. If $300 isn’t possible today, your gift still moves families toward the finish line. We pool partial gifts to fund full $300 payments.

Why $300?

• Right-sized to move quickly. $300 is meaningful enough to stabilize a month’s food budget yet small enough to reach many households quickly, keeping dollars moving where they matter most.

Why direct cash?

• Immediate impact: Cash puts groceries in the cart now—bridging the gap while SNAP is paused.
• Parent-led decisions: Families choose what matters most in the moment—food, formula, diapers, medications—without workarounds or delays.
• Efficient and targeted: Funds go straight to households, not intermediaries, minimizing admin costs and maximizing reach in the ZIP codes with greatest need.
• Stabilizes the month: A single $300 payment can prevent the cascade of late fees, shutoffs, and high-interest debt that follows a benefits disruption.
• Proven approach: GRO has delivered direct cash for years; our results are consistent: cash increases food security.

Where your gift goes

• Direct to families: one-time $300 cash payments for SNAP households with dependent children in Atlanta’s highest need communities.

Our Commitment if SNAP Resumes

Even when the SNAP benefits resume, we will still distribute the pledged one-time $300 payments to selected families. Households often face lingering bills, food debt, and restocking costs after a disruption; this support helps them stabilize. Funds raised for this effort are earmarked and will be honored as promised.

Why?

• Recovery takes time: Families may have taken on debt or missed bills during the gap.
• Restocking is costly: Households need to refill pantries and refrigerators.
• Predictability builds trust: We keep our word to applicants and donors.

THANK YOU!

Your gift keeps groceries on the table—and debt collectors, eviction notices, and skipped medications off it.