Everyone knew extra federal food stamp allotments would end. But the timing couldn't be worse.

Ebony Williams, 30, and her daughter Schyrinity, 11, stood in the lobby of the Despensa De La Paz food pantry on a cold January Saturday, quietly watching as people bustled past them and into a packed waiting room.

They were there for staple foods and supplies: canned vegetables, meat and chili; some bottled water so they don't have to drink from the lead pipes that service their home.

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