More than 757,000 Oregonians may lose the support they rely on to buy groceries due to the government shutdown.
The Department of Agriculture has announced that debit cards used to buy food under the SNAP program will not be replenished in November if the shutdown continues.
Federal funding for SNAP will run out Nov. 1 if the federal government remains shut down.
This story is a production of the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit investigative newsroom.
Author's summary: Oregonians face loss of SNAP benefits.