Millions of families in California are expected to lose their CalFresh benefits Saturday due to the federal government shutdown, but state officials say the federal food aid program for pregnant women and young children will remain available at least through the end of November.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — or WIC — provides low-income mothers and families with children under 5 assistance to buy food staples and infant formula.

About a million people in the state are served through the program each month.

The program — along with CalFresh — had been at risk with the government shutdown, but the Trump administration has provided some funding for the WIC program for now. The California Department of Public Health, which administ

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