No paycheck? Offering safety nets to Utah military families as shutdown drags on

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The Utah chapter of Blue Star Families is supporting Utah military families as the government shutdown drags on.

Military support organization reports that nearly 1 in 4 military families face food insecurity.

Utahns encouraged to connect and support their neighbors in uniform.

Under the best of circumstances, many military families often face day-to-day money worries.

Now add to those worries the fast-approaching possibility of going without a paycheck or two during the ongoing government shutdown.

“Missing even a single paycheck can put service members and their families at financial risk, as it would for most any of us,” Marcie Valdez, the executive director of the Blue Star Families — Utah Chapter , told the Deseret News.

One in three military families, she added,