With the federal government now reopened, the USDA says states should receive SNAP funding within 24 hours meaning benefits could be reloaded onto Lone Star Cards in the coming days. But as families wait, Houston food banks are seeing record demand, with hundreds lining up for hours just to bring home groceries.

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A group of young AmeriCorps members serving in Houston have found themselves stuck in the city — unable to move on to their next assignment after the ongoing government shutdown halted their pay and travel funds.

A Katy woman can't apply for a small business administration loan right now because of the government shutdown.

Nearly a month into the ongoing government shutdown, nearly a million federal employees — including TSA agents and air traffic controllers — are still showing up to work without pay.

With SNAP benefits delayed and government workers going without pay, some Houston-area restaurants are offering a safety net. Local businesses are handing out free kids’ meals and relief deals for furloughed federal workers until financial support returns.

This new facility is set to triple the number of meals provided to Houston's children in need, expanding from 10,000 to a potential 26,000 meals a day by 2031.

Nearly 900,000 people in the Houston area rely on SNAP benefits to buy groceries, but those payments could stop in November if Congress doesn’t reach a deal to fund the government by tomorrow.

Thousands of Texas families could soon lose access to the food assistance they depend on. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the federal agency that funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), says there is not enough money to pay for full November benefits if the government shutdown continues past the end of October.