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As the federal government shutdown now extends past the previous record, Houston-area nonprofits are holding food drives and other services for Texans who haven't received paychecks or SNAP benefits.
“If we go another week, then that’ll be two full paychecks, plus a partial paycheck, that will be missing by the federal employees,” Brian Greene, president and CEO of Houston Food Bank, said. “And, of course, the SNAP households stopped having their cards reloaded on the first [of November], and every day that goes by is an additional 15,000 Houston-area households that will not have their cards reloaded. It’s going to get worse as we go on.”
Here are all of Houston Food Bank's food drives scheduled so far for November:
Nov. 6
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