CHARLOTTE, N.C. – SNAP Benefits are set to run out on November 1st if Congress fails to reach a deal for funding. Local food banks are bracing for the impact of 1.4 million North Carolinians losing benefits. At Hearts United for Good, or HUG Charlotte – hundreds of families pick up food and other essentials for free every Wednesday.

“We’re about to see a devastation within our community that we’ve never seen before,” Bethany McDonald, Executive Director of HUG CLT said.

SNAP benefits will end for millions of Americans on October 31st because of the government shutdown.

“They can’t basically get along and figure it out and the trickle down comes to us and it comes to all the boots on the ground and grassroots groups are scrambling, doing everything we can,” McDonald said.

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