Kansas City area school districts are connecting families with food, clothing and other resources after the federal shutdown exacerbated their financial strain.

The federal government shutdown ended last week after 43 days, but Kansas City area schools are still trying to help families make ends meet after weeks of financial strain.

Thousands of federal workers missed paychecks after being furloughed while others worked without pay . Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, cuts and delays left millions of low-income families across the country without food assistance.

Jon Hile, the executive director of the Kansas City Public Schools Education Foundation , said that’s put financial hardship on many of the school district's families who were already grappling

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