LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - November 1 marks the official pause on SNAP benefits as the government shutdown continues, leaving a detrimental gap in food assistance for more than 42 million Americans.

Food assistance programs are now bracing for impact.

“Food is a right,” Jewish Family and Career Services (JFCS) CEO David Finke tells WAVE News. “We can not survive as people unless we have food, and we do not want to put up a barrier to people having that right.”

JFCS is already working overtime to help those left without support.

Their food pantry offers personal care items, packaged and canned goods, and fresh foods for families on a client-choice basis, including kosher and halal options to accommodate cultural and dietary needs.

But shopping there, rather than in a store, could soon be

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