A snapshot of the food items available through the SAFE Center Food Distribution program. (Courtesy of DCSD)

DeKalb County families can access free meals at eight distribution centers across the DeKalb County School District.

Free meals are available for families through the SAFE Center Food Distribution program, according to a DCSD statement. Meals are available to anyone in the community, and each site offers pick-up on scheduled dates each month.

“Together, we’re supporting our DeKalb students and families, and we’re deeply grateful to our community partners of DCSD for helping stock and sustain our SAFE Centers,” read a school system statement.

DeKalb County has more than 54,000 households, representing 127,000 individuals, who benefit from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which was halted earlier this month in the midst of the government shutdown. The SNAP benefits began being administered, albeit in reduced amounts, in Georgia on Tuesday. Food insecurity remains a “pressing issue” for DeKalb County, Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, DeKalb County CEO, said in a statement last month.

The meal distributions times are listed below, but the schedule is subject to change. Check here for the latest dates and times.

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Stephanie Toone is a freelance journalist based in Atlanta. Previously, she worked at Canopy Atlanta, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and The Tennessean.