IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Johnson County’s food pantries are coming together to make sure the 10,000 people at risk of losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in the county will still have access to food.

If SNAP isn’t funded for the month of November, Johnson County SNAP recipients will lose close to $2 million in benefits.

“When that support disappears, families have nowhere to turn but food pantries and meal sites, many of which are already stretched to the breaking point,” Diane Platte, Co-director of the Iowa City Free Lunch Program said.

Many families have been preparing to lose their benefits and have already started seeking help from Johnson County’s pantries.

“On an average day at CommUnity Crisis Services Food Bank, we serve approximately 180 families.

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