DENVER — As federal food benefits remain in limbo amid the government shutdown, families are doing what they can to put food on the table.

Community resources like the Food Bank of the Rockies have seen unprecedented need .

"This is a challenge we've never faced before," said Joanna Wise with the Food Bank of the Rockies. "What makes this so unique is that food banks had already been responding to the greatest level of need in over a decade, and what we're seeing is that a lot of people who are reaching out for help are reaching out for the very first time."

Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans are impacted by the pause in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including Deborah Parsons.

"I've done resources that I can. I've saved things back in the pantry

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