Shutdown threatens to deepen food insecurity for 34,000 Larimer County residents relying on SNAP assistance
LOVELAND, Colo. — As the federal government shutdown stretches on, the Food Bank for Larimer County is joining Feeding Colorado’s unified call to lawmakers: end the shutdown and restore critical food assistance funding.
The Food Bank reports a sharp increase in demand at its two Fresh Food Share No-Cost Markets — with new household sign-ups tripling from 150 to 478 in just one month. The shutdown’s impact has left many without paychecks, while 600,000 Coloradans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — including approximately 34,000 in Larimer County — face uncertainty about how to feed their families in November…