TEXAS, USA — As students head back to school across Central Texas , families are bracing for what could be a devastating blow to food security.

Texas struggles with one of the nation's highest rates of food insecurity. According to Celia Cole, CEO of Feeding Texas, the state's largest anti-hunger organization, 1 in 6 Texas households currently face food insecurity — with even higher rates among families with children.

The organization's 20-member food banks serve roughly 4 million Texans annually, distributing hundreds of millions of pounds of food. But even that massive effort pales in comparison to SNAP's reach.

The numbers are staggering: for every meal food banks provide, SNAP delivers nine meals to Texas families.

"About 75% of all SNAP participants fall into [vulnerable] gr

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