Hunger Looms As Millions Prepare to Lose Food Aid Amid Shutdown

United Way Worldwide's President and CEO, Angela F. Williams, has been featured in an LA Times article highlighting the crisis that the United States may be on the verge of as SNAP and WIC benefits could be disrupted due to the government shutdown. 

People really don't understand the scale and scope of what is happening and the ripple effect it will have on the economy and with people just meeting their basic needs...There's a critical crisis that has been brewing for a while, and it's reaching a fevered pitch.

- Angela F. Williams, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide

It seems like every day the needs just become more and more pressing, and I'm concerned, honestly, not only about the economic toll that is being taken on individuals, I'm concerned about the mental health toll this is taking on people. 

My hope is that people from all sectors will step up and say, 'How can we be good neighbors?'

- Angela F. Williams, President and CEO, United Way Worldwide