Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava rallied food bank partners and urged the community to donate food and other items ahead of a federal funding deadline for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

At an event in Miami, Levine Cava addressed the impact of food stamps benefits being cut off starting Nov. 1 on half a million Miami-Dade residents across the area, especially the elderly and low-income families.

“Nearly one-in-four of our households in Miami-Dade County that depend upon SNAP,” she said.

The county mayor was joined by local nonprofit organizations such as Feeding South Florida and Farm Share.

Farm Share CEO Stephen Shelley said the current situation is already dire as food banks try to feed federal workers who have gone unpaid due to the ongoing government shutdown,

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