Food need expected to grow if SNAP money ends for 63,000 Lansing area residents

LANSING — Nearly a month into the government shutdown, an estimated 1.4 million Michigan residents are likely to see a pause in food assistance benefits on Nov. 1, an interruption that is expected to exacerbate a growing need for food in Michigan.

Katlyn Cardoso, manager of marketing and communications for the Greater Lansing Food Bank, said the agency was already dealing with higher than normal requests for food assistance.