Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman is allocating $500,000 in emergency funding to help the Anne Arundel County Food Bank address increased demand during the government shutdown.

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The money will come from the county's disaster response fund as more residents seek food assistance for the first time.

"They have expressed to our staff that they're scared, they're embarrassed and uncertain how to navigate the system," a food bank representative said. "Last week at one of our mobile distributions in the Fort Meade area, we had uniformed service members in line for food. That should not happen."

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