If the shutdown goes on, Texas has warned the food assistance benefits for November may not arrive.
Southern Dallas reporter
Those experiencing food insecurity in southern Dallas and across North Texas are bracing for impact as anxieties grow over the federal government shutdown. If the shutdown continues past today, Texas has warned that November food assistance benefits may not be issued.
“It’s getting hard out here,” said Yolanda Lamb, a grandmother in Oak Cliff who said she’s relying on food assistance to care for her three grandsons. A loss of benefits would put her in a “struggle circle,” where she dips into money meant for bills to keep her family from going hungry…