The cuts to SNAP benefits due to the government shutdown are leaving non-profit organizations and people scrambling to put food on the table. Late Tuesday afternoon, Dallas County and Dallas City officials decided to make a big donation to help North Texans struggling to put food on the table.

Long lines of people needing help filled Central Storehouse, a free food market, in Fort Worth on Tuesday. That includes Jaquitta, who relied on SNAP benefits to feed her family.

"It's hard," Jaquitta said. "I'm a single mom with two girls, and I'm trying to balance bills, food, car notes, and stuff like that."

Central Storehouse executive director Jon Rhiddlehoover has seen demand soar over the past month after the federal government shut down.

"We typically see somewhere in the higher 180s nu

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