MILWAUKEE, Wis. — In Wisconsin, more than 700,000 people are waiting to learn if their food benefits will be cut off. That includes students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The need for help is more dire than ever at UWM. The university's food pantry typically sees hundreds of students a month. However, since the announcement that SNAP benefits are coming to an end, more students than ever before have been coming for help.

For UWM sophomore Cadler Dahiti, the government shutdown could be detrimental.

"There's a lot of people I know, including me myself, that come from low-income housing, and we had to make use of SNAP benefits and food stamps," Dahiti said.

Dahiti is from Beloit and said his family has used SNAP for years. With that funding stopping Saturday, he's been planni

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