LOUISIANA – According to a release sent out by his office, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry is warning SNAP cardholders that they will not receive new benefits beginning November first unless the government shutdown ends before then.

"We're getting ready to have to shut off SNAP benefits on November 1st to recipients in Louisiana, and that's a pretty serious issue," Landry says.

The Development Director for the Salvation Army of Northwest Louisiana, Julie Allen, says that losing SNAP for even a short amount of time can be severely detrimental.

"Just last month alone, we served 91 families. We still want to make sure that those families are not going to suffer, and I can only imagine the amount that is going to multiply if SNAP goes out," Allen says.

Allen also says she'll need the commun

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