Nearly a quarter of Kern County’s population could lose food stamp assistance due to government shutdown

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The government shutdown is affecting some of Kern’s most vulnerable population.

Public assistance programs like Cal-Works and Cal-Fresh are in jeopardy.

Over 200,000 people in the county use Cal-Fresh or food stamps to pay for groceries and feed their families. That’s nearly a quarter of Kern’s population…

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