BALTIMORE — Among the many nonprofits, The Franciscan Center in Baltimore is seeing a spike in the number of people turning to them for meals and support as the government shutdown delays and reduces SNAP benefits.

The center typically serves between 400 and 600 meals a day, but that number has now jumped to nearly 1,900.

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“I have been greatly affected by the cut in food stamps,” said Holly Hauck, who receives SNAP benefits. “I have a family to support.”

For Hauck and many others, food pantries like the Franciscan Center have become a lifeline.

“It’s crazy that the things that are above us, out of our control, are affecting us so deeply,”

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