Gov. Jared Polis asked Coloradans to open their wallets Wednesday to help fill the gap that will be created when federal food assistance payments stop Nov. 1, while hoping to boost state aid to food banks by $10 million.

Polis said he hopes donations and extra state money will help blunt the worst of frozen payments to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , or SNAP — but with the state set to lose $120 million a month due to the government shutdown, food banks would need a gargantuan outpouring of support to fill the gap.

“We have a role to play to fill the gap created by the closure of the federal government, and so do you,” Polis said at a news conference Wednesday. “So let’s work together to make sure that no one goes hungry in the state of Colorado during this di

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