HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) -- Governor Josh Shapiro announced assistance for food banks as millions of Pennsylvanians who depend on SNAP face questions amid the federal shutdown.

The governor announced $5 million in state funding that will be directed to Feeding Pennsylvania, which will distribute funds to food banks across the state. Shapiro signed a declaration of emergency to expedite the funding on Friday afternoon.

A private fundraising effort has also raised more than $1 million for state food banks, according to Shapiro.

“Nearly two million Pennsylvanians rely on SNAP every month — and they shouldn’t have to wonder where their next meal will come from because of the dysfunction in Washington,” Governor Shapiro said in a statement. “There is no substitute for the federal government’s

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