As the government shutdown continues, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will run out on Nov. 1.

Food banks already typically see an increase in need during the holiday season and have already been serving more people due to increasing grocery prices, but the loss of SNAP benefits is expected to cause even higher demand.

“Food banks are seeing a wave of new faces and families who’ve never needed emergency food assistance before,” Celia Cole, CEO of state association of food banks Feeding Texas, said in a press release.

President and CEO of Tarrant Area Food Bank Julie Butner said that about because people receiving SNAP benefits do not enroll on the same day, there will be a rolling effect of benefits ending over the course of the month.

She said that about 11

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