LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The government shutdown threatens a food-aid program, WIC, which helps millions of low-income mothers and young children. In Nevada, approximately 55,000 moms and kids rely on WIC, and the program will run out of federal money by Friday.

Baby’s Bounty, a Nevada-based non-profit that runs diaper banks and has many clients on the food-aid program, said since the shutdown, attendees have increased by 11%.

“Because they don't have the funds to afford other essential supplies, so in turn they can't afford diapers,” CEO of Baby’s Bounty, Kelly Maxwell, said.

In order to apply for Baby’s Bounty resources, families have to be within 135% of the federal poverty line. For a family of four, that's an annual income of approximately $43,000.

“Our clients are struggling,” Maxwell

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