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Today is day 24 of the federal government shutdown.
It's the first day most federal employees will miss their full paychecks.
State governors are now issuing the alarm about government food assistance, also known as SNAP.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says that aid will stop on November 1st.
From Member Station WRKF in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mel Bridges reports.
Roughly 800,000 people here, or about one in five, receive SNAP benefits.
With snap benefits running out, more people have to rely on food banks.
Mike Manning, president and CEO of the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank,
says they're still trying to figure out how they're going to keep up.
Once the snap benefits go away and people can no longer use their their snap cards,
it's going to be a real challenge because we're going to see people coming to us for help.
And we're already very limited in the amount of food we have available.
Governor Landry, a Republican, blames the lack of funding on Senate Democrats.