CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — More than 100,000 residents across the Coastal Bend are among 3.5 million Texans who will go without federal food assistance in November after a government shutdown forced the suspension of SNAP benefits.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, halted payments due to insufficient federal funding, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service.

Across 11 counties in the KRISTV viewing area, 100,986 individuals received SNAP benefits in September, totaling more than $17.2 million in monthly food assistance, according to data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Nueces County accounts for nearly 60% of recipients in the region, with 60,305 individuals receiving more than $10.5 million in

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