With the government shutdown dragging on, officials say funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)— known CalFresh in California— is at risk of running out.

To assess the shutdown's impact on food insecurity on the Central Coast, California District 24 Congressman Salud Carbajal visited Meals That Connect in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday afternoon.

Meals That Connect is a local senior nutrition program that reportedly provides free meals to over 2,000 seniors in San Luis Obispo County.

Laura Kelsay, the program's executive director, talked with KSBY about the concerns she brought up to Congressman Carbajal.

"If the shutdown continues for an extended period of time, programs like ours could end up going away. That's the real truth of it," Kelsay said. "I don't know wh

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