‘It puts me deeper in the hole’ | Houston family braces for loss of SNAP benefits amid shutdown

HOUSTON — The clock is ticking on SNAP and WIC benefits as the government shutdown continues. The federally funded benefit risks having no money for more than 41 million people as the shutdown nears a month.

KHOU 11 News spoke with Eric Maxwell, who you’ll often find in his southwest Houston neighborhood helping his grandfather get off his Metro bus shuttle and into the house.

“I need some guacamole,” Maxwell’s grandfather told him…

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