A nutrition assistance program supporting Nevada’s tribal communities will be suspended due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, which started Oct. 1.

The Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, which represents the state’s 28 tribal nations, announced Wednesday that its Women, Infants and Children program will be suspended starting Thursday after running out of contingency funds.

“Our team is deeply saddened by this interruption and the impact it will have on families, especially those living in rural and tribal communities where food access is already limited,” program director Blanca Plascencia-Reyna said in the statement. “We remain hopeful that funding will be restored quickly so we can resume serving our communities.

The program serves more than 530 tribal and non-tribal families a

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