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Local food banks, bracing for a surge in demand, are requesting donations and volunteers.

Phoenix officials and nonprofit partners are launching food drives and resource pages to assist residents.

About 400,000 people in Phoenix rely on SNAP for food.

Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans are being forced to make tough household choices as their federal food stamp benefits are expected to temporarily end on Nov. 1.

They have turned to local food banks and pantries, which are expecting a surge from low-income individuals who were already struggling to afford groceries and to put food on their kitchen tables.

“This is an all-hands-on-deck situation,” Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said while she and various social service providers urged residents to help Arizona’s most

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