10/27/2025

U.S. Food Banks Brace for Surge as Federal Shutdown Threatens Benefits

More than 41 million SNAP and nearly 7 million WIC recipients are at risk of lapse

Cynthia Kirkhart, the CEO of Facing Hunger Foodbank in Huntington, West Virginia, has already had to explain to customers this year why the organization is rationing bags of potatoes.

The food bank, which also serves households in Ohio and Kentucky, has had to shrink its allotments as higher food costs and surging need strain its budget.

Now facing the prospect of nearly 300,000 West Virginians missing November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, also known as food stamps, due to the federal government's ongoing shutdown, there is little more she can do.

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