Anna sits on a couch at the GLO Center, a Springfield-based LGBTQ+ community center, and holds her 4-month baby while trying to control her 10-year-old.

She lives in Springfield, is LGBTQ+ and does gig work to support her family. We’re only using her first name due to possible repercussions for her or her kids.

She said during the government shutdown, it was hard to figure out how to stretch her budget without Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits.

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“I'm actually disabled, and I can't really work that much without falling,” Anna said. “[I’m] trying to figure out where my money's gonna go, whereas before it would go towards gas and my phone bill, but now I have to pick and choose if I'm gonna get gas, so I can buy food and stuff for [her dau

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