Government shutdown day 24 marks another milestone for federal workers, whether they're

furloughed or still on the job, and missed a paycheck.

And that is putting the squeeze on family finances.

As Lisa Desjardin reports, many federal workers are now turning to local food banks to help put food on the table.

In Northern Virginia today,

Hello!

A line of cars that stretched nearly a mile

made of federal workers stretched thin by the government shutdown.

The funds that I do have are pretty much depleted by this point.

It's the third day the Capital Area Food Bank has specifically served federal employees.

This one's dry goods.

This time at two different locations.

Unpaid workers and contractors waiting in line said they've had to make cutbacks, like

Valley Bennett, a single mother who works for the Department of Homeland Security.

I have a kid in college, a senior in high school.

A senior in high school, you know, it's a lot of celebration, a lot of things that you want to do

since it's your last year in high school, and we have to slow down all the activities.

More than a million federal employees today missed their first full paychecks since the shutdown began.

That includes Zellini Johnson, a mother of three, who works for the U.S. Navy.

It feels terrible.

It feels really bad.

It's definitely not a good feeling to not get one today, but then to also know that you don't know when the next

...