The Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee has approved moving $30 million from its contingency account to the Food Insecurity Nevada Plan, which will support the state’s food banks amid the federal government’s ongoing shutdown.

SNAP, which provides $90 million a month to nearly 500,000 Nevadans, will stop disbursing money starting Saturday, according to the United States Department of Agriculture without intervention from the government. Three Square, which will receive around 80% of the funding, said it would need to double the amount of food it typically distributes to meet the upcoming demand.

With that massive influx, the interim committee also approved an additional $200,000 for the Nevada National Guard to support both Three Square and the Food Bank of Northern Nevada’s e

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