PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Sunshine Division is expanding its services of providing food to people in need around Portland amid a state-wide emergency.

This comes in response to the federal government's shutdown and subsequent pausing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program distribution.

On Nov. 1, food benefits through SNAP are set to end, leaving more than 750,000 Oregonians who rely on it in limbo. Forty-two million people across the United States will also be impacted.

In response, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has declared a food emergency, directing $5 million to Oregon’s statewide food bank network.

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“This is an emergency, this is a crisis. I’m not sure everyone understands just how difficult this is going to be for hund

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