Families across Wisconsin are bracing for a potential pause in FoodShare benefits starting in November as the government shutdown continues.

"I have no issue with going to food pantries to get help, so that's what I've already started to do," Kianna Reed told TMJ4.

"Trying to make smaller portions," said Amber Silvers.

Silvers and Reed are mothers trying to carefully balance extremely tight budgets while feeding their families. Both are worried about the delay in FoodShare funding now that November is less than a week away.

"I need them (lawmakers) to get it together. It is real people out here in this world who need these benefits. This is not a game," Reed stressed.

Both Reed and Silvers work and each has two children.

Silvers' youngest child is 3-year-old Meena.

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