As SNAP benefits are set to lapse due to the government shutdown, leaving 140,000 people without food aid in RI, pantries are bracing for impact.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has always been viewed as the first line of defense regarding food insecurity, said Terry Perdue, executive director of Shared Harvest.

With the country's largest food assistance program set to lapse on Saturday, two local food pantries -- Loaves & Fishes and the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (DESK) -- are expecting to feed at least 150 more families than usual next week.

With the federal shutdown impacting food assistance programs, this list of food banks in and around Spartanburg may help those in need.

SNAP benefits will vanish on Nov. 1 for more than 42 million Americans. Here are food banks and pantries accepting new clients in the Upstate.

With the uncertainty of SNAP benefits on the horizon, here are food pantries offering help in Greater New Bedford and Fall River.

Already overwhelmed food pantries, banks and churches across Massachusetts are scrambling, pleading for donations as more than 1 million people's SNAP benefits are set to expire this weekend.

With SNAP benefits on the line for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians, Portland-area food pantries are bracing for a sudden spike in demand.

With federal food assistance expected to run out of money at the end of the week due to the government shutdown, area food pantries are bracing for an increase in demand.