CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Supplemental food benefits will not be issued for November due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, and food banks and other local non-profits are bracing for what’s to come.

“The unknown makes people nervous and anxious,” said John Roberts with Mountain Mission in Charleston.

“We know about the shutdown, we know about the SNAP benefit reduction and all of that, but we don’t know how everything is going to play out. You have to plan for the worst and then pray for the best,” he continued.

Roughly 275,000 West Virginia residents are supported by SNAP benefits. Those individuals are set to lose those benefits on Saturday.

Roberts says he and other volunteers at Mountain Mission are getting ready for a lot of requests over the next couple of weeks.

“We are gear

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