Jason Webb receives roughly $300 each month in SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, benefits that he splits between his family and his elderly mother living by herself.

The aid supplements his income from a part-time restaurant job that he uses to help put food on his family’s tables, Webb said.

The 40-year-old man was among about 600 people who arrived at the south suburban Rich Township Food Pantry Thursday afternoon for its twice-weekly distribution. The crowd was larger because SNAP recipients are set to lose their benefits in November during the current federal government shutdown, local officials said.

“I have no plans,” said Webb, about getting more assistance, as he shook his head. “I’m still thinking about it.”

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