While the federal government has reopened and federal services have resumed until January at the least, Maryland Food Bank and the people it serves will be feeling the effects of the shutdown for the foreseeable future. The program is still reeling from the overwhelming amount of service it had to provide during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, requiring more donations and support to keep providing food for Maryland residents, nonprofit officials said.

Elise Krikau, chief philanthropy officer for the Maryland Food Bank, said cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, as well as its halt during the shutdown, and cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), will be felt well into 2026 even with furloughed government workers returning

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