COLUMBIA — South Carolina could have a more than $100 million hole to fill next month amid concerns the ongoing government shutdown will cause federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as food stamps, to come to a halt.

With few days left until the Nov. 1 deadline when funding would cease, state officials are turning to private donors to make up the gap. But even program boosters acknowledge the ask would require a charitable push unprecedented in state history at a time many potential donors are anxious about the state of the economy.

On Oct. 27, Gov. Henry McMaster’s office and the Central Carolina Community Foundation — a Midlands-based charity — announced the activation of its One SC Fund, a statewide repository of donor dollars that’s part

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