Food-stamp recipients face long wait for their next payment

Millions of low-income households who got their February food stamps early because of the partial government shutdown now face a new concern: Stretching out those benefits until their next payment.The challenge of making those Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits last days or even weeks longer than usual has food bank and pantry staffers gearing up for a surge in demand by people running low on funds. In Hamilton County, Ohio, for instance, Freestore Foodbank, which supports