Oliver Alcazar, an unemployed construction worker who’s training for a desk job after injuring his foot, was relieved to see his federal SNAP food benefit restored Sunday with $258 for his family of three for November.

Even so, on Monday, he joined hundreds who lined up at the San Jose Flea Market — where the nonprofit Hunger at Home was providing families packages of apples, pears, zucchini, bread and chicken — fearing the federal aid program remains in jeopardy amid the ongoing congressional funding stalemate that has spawned the country’s longest government shutdown.

“It’s a little bit scary to the family, because we don’t know whether everyone’s dietary needs are going to be met,” Alcazar said.

Despite movement on a possible deal to break the congressional impasse, full restoration

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