The San Antonio Food Bank is serving at least 50,000 more people per week as the government shutdown threatens Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, ABC News reports.
“Right now, we’ve had to open up afternoon shifts because there are new shifts in our distributions because we can’t accommodate the number of people coming in a normal shift as a result of the government shutdown,” Eric Cooper, president and CEO of San Antonio Food Bank, which serves 29 counties in southwest Texas, told the news outlet.
The food bank typically serves 105,000 to 120,000 people per week but is now assisting nearly 170,000.
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