CLAWSON, Mich. (WXYZ) — The clock has run out for food benefits for millions of Americans, including many neighbors in metro Detroit and around the state, as the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has been instructed by the federal government to pause food assistance payments under the SNAP Program starting Nov. 1.

The pause affects approximately 1.4 million people in Michigan, giving them just days to figure out where their next meal will come from. The disruption stems from the continuing federal government shutdown that has affected many federal programs and has now reached Michiganders' dinner tables.

Community members are stepping up in a big way to help fill the gap.

Jennifer Woods, an adoptive parent who lost her job as a 911 dispatcher, knows firsthand how difficul

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