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Food banks, already strained, brace for prolonged demand

Now that SNAP food aid is flowing again, needy families are feeling relief. The same can't be said of many food banks and pantries. They're still feeling the strain because demand has yet to let up.

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Tovia Smith
Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.