HOUSTON - As we approach one full month of the federal government shutdown, the Houston Food Bank is planning distribution sites to help those who are impacted. The Houston Food Bank has multiple sites planned throughout the month of November, starting this Saturday, Nov. 1.

As many as 500 employees of the federal government came to a food distribution event hosted by the Houston Food Bank. They haven’t received a paycheck in weeks — and many are working without pay.

The Houston Food Bank is hosting special food distributions to help families whose SNAP benefits have been delayed.

The Houston Food Bank is stepping up distribution as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits dry up and federal workers continue to go without pay. Why it matters: The federal government shutdown will stop food aid Saturday for nearly 42 million Americans.

Houstonians face growing food insecurity; local food banks, like the Houston Food Bank, expand efforts to help.

Already strained by federal funding cuts earlier in the year and a surge in demand from furloughed federal workers, food banks face a fresh wave of need as SNAP benefits end Saturday.

The Central Texas Food Bank expects to spend roughly four times its monthly budget to support Austin-area SNAP recipients.

The Houston Food Bank is stepping up in a big way as the federal government shutdown and cuts to SNAP benefits leave families across the region struggling to put food on the table.

The Houston Food Bank has large-scale distribution events planned. It's part of what they're doing to meet the needs of the community during the government shutdown.

Could the nation’s food safety net be stretched to its breaking point? Across the United States, food banks are confronting a surge in demand so steep it’s forcing some to tap emergency reserves and still,