Nov. 1 marks the first day of the pause on all FoodShare benefits for Wisconsinites.

That means the 27,000 residents in Brown County who rely on FoodShare benefits will have to scramble to find food this month. Area food pantries are asking for help to stock their shelves to accommodate the influx of residents coming in because of the pause of FoodShare and holidays.

During the U.S. government shutdown, funding for the federal Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program expired and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would not use contingency funds to cover the program in November.

Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit against the USDA to force the department to release its contingency funding. The USDA previously said $3 billion worth of contingency funding could be used for

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