COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Each month, over 40 million Americans depend on federally funded food aid, better known as SNAP benefits, to keep meals on the table.

With the Trump administration confirming funds will not go out on November 1st, local food banks are seeing a heavy influx — but it’s a gap food bank volunteers say can’t be filled on their own.

“Unless something changes with the federal government shutdown, SNAP benefits will not be paid for the month of November,” says Connelly-Anne Ragley, Chief External Affairs Officer with the S.C. Department of Social Services.

While some states have pledged to keep SNAP benefits flowing even with the federal program halting payments, questions remain on if directives from the U.S. Government will allow that to happen.

In the meantime, other s

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