INDIANAPOLIS Gleaners Food Bank is ramping up operations to meet a looming surge in food insecurity as the federal government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits for hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers.

"With food insecurity at its highest rates in a decade this SNAP cutoff will likely plunge hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers deeper into food insecurity," said Fred Glass, Gleaners President and CEO.

The federal administration has formally advised Indiana that starting November 5th, SNAP benefits will stop for over 610,000 food-insecure Hoosiers.

Gleaners, one of the nation's leading charitable food distributors, is increasing its response in several ways:

Gleaners is also working to help the 24,000 Hoosiers who work for the federal government and 11,000 Hoosiers in active duty military who

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