Family services expects uptick as benefits end

Continuing government shutdown takes local toll

Bryce Boddie knows the Hill Country Family Services caseload is about to increase as the continuing federal shutdown takes a toll on supplemental benefits and wages.

Boddie, the executive director, said the assistance agency has already seen an uptick in new applications for help in light of cuts to paychecks for federal workers and benefits being stalled while Congress remains locked in a stalemate over reopening the government.