DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Food pantries across the Des Moines area are bracing for increased demand as the federal shutdown moves on, KCCI reports.

“We will definitely see an uptick in the number of families that are coming to receive services,” said Patty Sneddon-Kisting, CEO of the Urbandale Food Pantry.

She said she hoped a shutdown could be avoided, even as her team prepared for the worst.

“We typically try to increase our food orders, cross-check inventories and bring on more products, source more food just to make sure we have enough available to meet the need of the community and the families that are coming to see us,” Sneddon-Kisting said.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, is on site at the pantry every Wednesday.

While

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