In Wisconsin, the food assistance program is called FoodShare. Funds are made available through QUEST, a debit card linked to an individual's FoodShare account. That's the card that now can be used through November, or until its balance runs out.

Families across Wisconsin are bracing for a potential pause in FoodShare benefits starting in November as the government shutdown continues.

Each October, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin newsrooms partner with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin to raise money to support the food banks.

Wisconsin’s FoodShare program, which provides food assistance to hungry kids, families, and seniors, will run out of funding at the end of the month.

Nearly 700,000 people rely on FoodShare, Wisconsin’s SNAP program for families and seniors that is entirely funded by federal dollars. Wisconsin’s program already took a hit from Trump’s budget law, which will raise the state’s portion of administrative costs for running FoodShare by at least $43.5 million annually.

Food assistance programs that keep 42 million Americans fed are set to expire in just four days as the government shutdown continues with seemingly no end in sight. Now, a group of more than 20 states are suing the Trump administration to keep SNAP benefits.

Hundreds of thousands of Iowans will not receive food assistance benefits beginning Nov. 1 as the federal government shutdown continues.

The lawsuit will challenge a Trump administration decision not to tap a key SNAP contingency fund amid the shutdown.