BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Community Action Partnership of Kern County (CAPK) has launched a new countywide food distribution initiative to assist those most impacted by the ongoing government shutdown, including CalFresh beneficiaries and federal employees.

The initiative comes as the current government shutdown has become the second longest in U.S. history, leaving some federal employees without pay while still being required to work.

"We basically put together a workforce, a current County task force on October 22nd to get things moving, because even though time was passing, the need for assistance was also passing. So we have been talking for about a week and planning and getting everything set up to get these distribution locations secured," said Savannah Oates with CAPK.

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