BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Food banks across Texas are preparing for increased demand as SNAP benefits are set to halt Saturday, affecting millions of Americans who rely on the program for food assistance.

In the Brazos Valley, nearly 33,000 people depend on the SNAP program to put food on the table, with half of those recipients being children.

“I think a special meal on Thanksgiving is going to be unattainable for that number of people,” said Theresa Mangapora, Executive Director of the Brazos Valley Food Bank. “We have a lot of groups that try to do dinners for Thanksgiving. Are they prepared to do that for 15,000 households? I doubt it.”

Manapora says it’s no fault of any foodbank or pantry, but that food assistance programs like SNAP are a great safety net, and without them, a lot of pe

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