Organizations across Northeast Ohio that provide food and other nutritional assistance to individuals and families are gearing up to help as many people as possible with funding expected to run out Saturday for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

SNAP, also known as food stamps, is meant to help low-income individuals and families purchase groceries.

The Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank serves eight counties in Northeast Ohio and delivers supplies to over 600 soup kitchens, food pantries and homeless shelters. It says 177,000 people they support are SNAP recipients. Executive Director Dan Flowers said the foodbank is raising money and buying more food to ramp up its supply while also considering extending its hours and doing special

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