The video above is coverage of last week's 'Shutdown Relief Mobile Distribution' event in Norfolk.

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) - The Virginia Peninsula Foodbank is hosting a mobile food distribution event on Wednesday, Oct. 22, outside the Hampton Coliseum. The timing of this event comes as the government shutdown continues.

Fears that SNAP benefits for November would not be issued because of the shutdown have become a reality. The shutdown began on Oct. 1.

On Tuesday, Newport News Human Services posted on its social media that "the USDA has notified Virginia that November SNAP benefits cannot be issued at this time." It went on to explain that this means November benefits are paused nationwide. Anyone with SNAP funds already loaded on their EBT card can continue to use those funds to purchase

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