Mayor announces all 96 emergency food distribution locations will be active and fully staffed next week

• Despite ongoing uncertainty from Washington, Detroit's support for SNAP recipients will remain constant
• 1,400 volunteers who signed up still needed and asked to report at their scheduled date, time and location
• Map of locations with days and hours of operation still available at detroitmi.gov
  

Mayor Mike Duggan today announced in a video update to Detroiters that the 96 emergency food distribution locations being supported by the City will remain fully staffed and operational through next week, following a temporary Supreme Court ruling preventing full SNAP benefits from flowing until the courts make a final ruling.

On Wednesday, the City launched an interactive web map where Detroiters could find emergency food distribution centers throughout the city and Mayor Duggan joined volunteers at one of the locations on Chalmers to help pass out food to Detroit families.

On Thursday, the federal government said it would provide partial benefits, then on Friday morning they announced full benefits would flow to SNAP recipients. Then, late Friday the US Supreme Court put a pause on the lower court order to provide full benefits and it is no longer clear if the federal government will provide any benefits for the time being.

Mayor Duggan said that due to all of this uncertainty, the $1.75 million he approved for additional food for Detroit pantries, and the volunteers who signed up for a shift at one of them, will continue to flow;

"Because of the chaos in Washington, we are going to make sure that Detroiters know these 96 emergency food distribution sites will remain fully operational and full staffed, so we still need our 1,400 volunteers to continue to show up for their scheduled assignments," the Mayor said. "As always, we will continue to update residents as needed."

To find the location, days and hours of operation for any of the city's 96 emergency food distribution sites, or to volunteer, please visit detroitmi.gov.