As SNAP benefits are poised to cut off Saturday, Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown, some local businesses in the Portland area have already stepped up to help people who will temporarily lose their food assistance.

Miranda Luis-Silva is the owner of Nan’s Taqueria in Happy Valley, a taco shop inside of the Sunnyside food hall. She has offered to feed people who are losing their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps) benefits Nov. 1, no questions asked.

People have already donated produce, money and their time to help organize all the supplies and orders. “The response has been overwhelming,” Luis-Silva says. A family of 12 had just picked up four boxes of fresh produce, meals and toilet paper.

Nan’s Taqueria has only been open since September, but

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