New Hampshire food assistance programs will receive an influx of $2 million in state funding as of Nov. 1, part of a plan to offset the loss of federal food assistance programs due to the ongoing government shutdown.

The money will support a network of mobile food pantries specifically for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It will also help traditional food pantries stock up on additional food for SNAP participants.

The $2 million infusion for local food assistance programs represents a fraction of the nearly $13 million in SNAP funding that New Hampshire would normally receive from the federal government.

“This is a temporary solution,” Gov. Kelly Ayotte said Wednesday. “And I want those in Washingto

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