NEWPORT, Tenn. (WVLT) - Tennessee SNAP households won’t be getting benefits in November if the federal government continues to be shut down, according to the state’s Human Services Department .

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To combat this in Cocke County, Mayor Rob Mathis said food distributions will be held at various locations around the county Monday through Saturday with the exception of Thanksgiving Day.

“There will be food distributions every day Monday through Saturday in some part of the county except for Thanksgiving Day during the entire month of November,” Mathis said. “We’re also working with some of our other partners to see what we can do to increase the frequency or volume to enhan

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