{"id":28852,"date":"2025-10-29T17:16:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/28852\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:16:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:16:05","slug":"capk-food-bank-launches-countywide-distributions-to-aid-those-impacted-by-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/28852\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPK Food Bank launches countywide distributions to aid those impacted by shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) Food Bank will launch countywide food distributions to assist those most impacted, including CalFresh beneficiaries and federal employees facing disruptions in income and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200,000 people in Kern County rely on CalFresh, and they will be without food benefits starting Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>CAPK held a press conference on Wednesday joined by the Kern County Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/calfresh-benefits-to-halt-nov-1-amid-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Food pantries prepare for high demand with CalFresh benefits to halt Nov. 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It outlined the distribution plan and highlight the critical role of community support during this time.<\/p>\n<p>The plan includes distributions throughout Kern County. The website said, &#8220;To obtain these services, please bring your EBT card to distribution locations.&#8221; They also ask federal workers impacted to bring their work ID to verify they work at a federal location, such as TSA or the postal office.<\/p>\n<p>Locations are pending and will be listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capk.org\/shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their website here<\/a> once approved.<\/p>\n<p>CAPK is urging the community to help by volunteering and donating to ensure that no family goes hungry.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/california-files-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-snap-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">California files lawsuit against Trump administration over SNAP benefits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery contribution, whether time, food, or funds, will make a meaningful difference for those struggling due to the shutdown,\u201d said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to volunteer, donate, or find a distribution site, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capk.org\/shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">capk.org\/shutdown<\/a> or call 2-1-1.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, California has filed over 40 lawsuits against the Trump administration, and on Tuesday, the state filed the 45th, challenging the federal government&#8217;s refusal to allocate funds for SNAP benefits during the ongoing government shutdown. Over 20 other states are also suing the administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) Food Bank will launch countywide food distributions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-28852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}