The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.

The Trump administration says SNAP benefits will be cut on Nov. 1. Will WIC be impacted by the government shutdown? See impact on Kentucky

We relied on SNAP and lived in a homeless shelter in Washington State when she was an infant. My daughter took her first steps there, in the 90 days we called the shelter home. Our lives were ones of constant relocation.