Food bank braces for high demand
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Local food pantries are having to increase their supply and meet what they anticipate will be triple the demand for groceries in the coming months.
SNAP recipients may lose November benefits if the shutdown continues. Local pantries offer support in Boone and Winnebago counties.
The Armed Services YMCA in Harker Heights is providing food with a food pantry for military members and their families during the fourth week of the government shutdown.
U.S. states this week warned food aid recipients that their benefits may not be distributed in November if the federal government shutdown stretches into its fourth week. Warnings issued on at least two dozen state websites flag the potential for an unprecedented benefit gap for more than 41 million people who get aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,