Kansas City nonprofits prep for potential government shutdown, SNAP & WIC recipients brace

Kansas City-area nonprofit food banks braced for impact Tuesday as Congress worked to keep the lights on.

"If a funding decision is not made by mid-October, we do risk those November payments that people would expect to see in their SNAP and WIC benefits being impacted," said Elizabeth Keever, chief resource officer for Harvesters.

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Harvesters serves 27 counties across the Kansas City metropolitan area. Many of its patrons are a paycheck away from going hungry.

"The longer it goes on, the more we know as an organization we need to step up and address the increased need," Keever said.

A lot is up in the air in what will happen and who will be impacted during a looming government shutdown.

Congress must enact an interim or a full-year budget by Oct. 1, the begi