In a desperate move to prevent a food crisis, Nevada lawmakers approved $30 million in emergency funding for food banks and $200,000 for the National Guard to manage logistics. This comes as the state's usual $90 million monthly SNAP funding has been cut off due to the government shutdown, leaving many families struggling to afford groceries. Despite these efforts, the state's stopgap measures only provide temporary relief, and the longer the shutdown lasts, the more vulnerable programs like WIC become.

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