More than 41 million Americans are waiting to see what will happen, with funding for SNAP benefits set to run out, and emergency funds tied up in the courts -- all with no end in sight to the government shutdown.

The funding lapse is expected to impact 143,000 people in Boston alone. Mayor Michelle Wu is set to announce a partnership Friday with nonprofit organizations to help support families in need.

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Wu will speak at Boston City Hall at 11:30 a.m. and will be joined by the superintendent of Boston schools, the executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, the chief of human services, the CEOs of the Boston Foundation and the YMCA of Greater Boston, and the COO of the Greater Boston Food Bank, as well

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