TUCSON, AZ — Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz is calling for emergency financial aid to help Tucson-area food banks meet an urgent spike in demand.

Heinz will introduce an agenda item at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting to allocate $600,000 for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, along with $200,000 for the Sahuarita and Marana Food Banks and Community Resource Centers.

The funding request comes as local food banks experience a surge in visitors following the recent federal government shutdown.

“We’re starting to see a lot of federal employees that have been furloughed that are starting to utilize food bank services for the very first time,” said Carlos Valles, Executive Director of the Marana and Sahuarita Food Bank and Community Resource Center. “And we’re also startin

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