Food banks have been strained by increased demand due to a lapse in SNAP benefits and as the government shutdown ends, the effects may be long-lasting.

Full food assistance program benefits will begin flowing to around 42 million Americans within one day after legislation ended the longest government shutdown at 43 days.

Food banks have been strained by increased demand due to a lapse in SNAP benefits and as the government shutdown ends, the effects may be long-lasting.

The government continues to reopen two days after the longest shutdown in history, with states reviving SNAP and airlines getting planes in place.

Heightened hunger will continue long after federal government reopens. 'We can't magically go back to the before times and everything feels normal.'