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As the government shutdown

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became the longest

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in U.S. history

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the impacts piled up.

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Across Wisconsin

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early learning Head Start progra

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programs had to close down

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shuttering child care programing

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for hundreds

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of children.

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It's extremely disruptive.

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With families

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they rely on

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these classrooms

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for child care

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while some of the families

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go to work or school.

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They have

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when they came

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to our program in September

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they would have

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let go of a different

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enrollment spot potentially

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at another child care provider.

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This area

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is also a

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child care desert

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in many of our communities.

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So they were having struggles

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trying to find

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other arrangements

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for their children if they don't

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have family or friends

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that are able to help them.

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Another thing that impacts

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the families

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is that these children receive

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breakfast, lunch

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and snack at our centers

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every day

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is through

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the same program that children

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receive foods through

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elementary

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middle school, high school.

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And so

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families were able to rely

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on that part

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of their food security.

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Now with the

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upheaval

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although it sounds like

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it's turning around

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but the upheaval with the

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SNAP benefits, many families

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were really wondering

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about their food security

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additionally.