Like the rest of the United States, the Highland Lakes area is bracing for the impending freeze of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), which could happen Saturday, Nov. 1, if the federal shutdown does not end before then. Local officials are preemptively sharing a suite of food resources that can be used by those in need.

Thousands of low-income residents in Burnet and Llano counties purchase groceries with a government-issued electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card through SNAP. They could lose access to the federal program starting Saturday.

The government shutdown , caused by Congress’ failure to pass a federal funding bill before Oct. 1, is halting non-essential government programs, including SNAP. The stoppage will continue for however long it takes U.S. legisl

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