When Cassandra (“Cassie”) Doyle arrived in Nashville in December of 2025, she was seeking a fresh start. Instead, she found herself caught in a web of bureaucracy and policy changes that left her, a 61-year-old woman with serious health conditions, without the food assistance she desperately needed. Cassie’s journey began in Minnesota, where a cascade of misfortunes like job loss, depleted savings, and a failing heart forced her to leave her home. “I knew I was going to be ho