SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – As we hit day 17 of the federal government shutdown, worry is mounting for many local organizations.
Feeding South Dakota hasn’t felt much of an impact yet when it comes to more people needing food assistance due to the government shutdown and furloughs; however, that could change.
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“With yesterday being the first partial paycheck, we really think that it’s going to, in the next week or two, get to a point where we’re going to start to see that impact, especially if we go into November,” Stacey Andernacht, VP of Public Relations for Feeding South Dakota, said. “In November, you’re looking at essential programs like SNAP or WIC not being funded and people who are currently using those benefits not having that.”
Andernacht says those programs are crucial as thousands of South Dakotans rely on them…