KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) - Even though the government shutdown has ended, Killeen area residents are still needing accessible and healthy food.

The Killeen Food Care Center is staying busy throughout the month.

The Executive Director for the center, Dr. Natasha Clarke, says they have been adjusting to more active-duty military and veterans coming in during and after the government shutdown.

“We saw an increase in our active-duty military personnel, so it’s 11 percent. That’s about an additional 150 active-duty members and then our veterans increased to 38%,” Dr. Clarke said.

Killeen Resident Tina Marrow, who came to pick up food, says the uncertainty of funding from SNAP is stressful, but the money is starting to come in.

“They told us that we weren’t going to get food stamps at all this

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