Uncertainty grows for food assistance programs amid government shutdown
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Volunteers sort, organize, and box donations at the Mid-Ohio Food Collective, a food bank which has been part of the backbone of the nation’s anti-hunger system, channeling government support into meals, in Grove City, Ohio, May 9, 2025. (OSV News photoEvelyn Hockstein, Reuters) (Evelyn Hockstein)

Uncertainty grows for food assistance programs amid government shutdown

WASHINGTON OSV News – Federal food assistance programs used by millions could be at risk as the federal government shutdown continues, proponents of those programs said.The federal government went into a shutdown Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass a budget signed into law by the president by that date.During a government shutdown, some types…...