Canned food on a pallet in a food pantry distribution site in Des Moines. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has divided the state’s $1 million donation match among the six food banks in Iowa in accordance with the number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants per food bank region.

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Oct. 30 that funds from DHHS would match monetary donations made to Iowa’s six food banks, up to $1 million, if the federal government shutdown persisted into November and federal food benefits were not issued.

Congressional leaders did not pass the legislation required to reopen the government Friday and the shutdown slid into its second month, meaning SNAP benefits would not be issued to its

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