This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project , a nonprofit newsroom covering the state.

On Wednesday evening, two days before the looming federal food stamps cutoff, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a 60-day food security emergency and directed the Oregon Department of Human Services to provide $5 million to food banks around the state.

One in six Oregonians receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Oregon distributes $140 million of the federal benefits per month to 757,000 people—about $6 per person per day. That means the $5 million Kotek is providing is equivalent to one day of SNAP funding.

OJP previously reported that Jefferson, Malheur and other rural counties would be the hardest hit by the SNAP cutoff. The Oregon Legislature si

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