Kern County is notifying public assistance recipients that benefits may be impacted starting in November due to the prolonged federal government shutdown.
The ongoing federal shutdown may cause concern regarding public assistance benefits, Kern County Human Services said in a news release Friday.
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, known as CalWORKs in California, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, known as CalFresh, are particularly vulnerable…