Oklahoma’s two Feeding America food banks will split $1 million per week for seven weeks or as long as the federal government remains shut down — whichever happens sooner.

The shutdown has sparked uncertainty for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. It’s a program 685,000 Oklahomans rely on to help afford groceries, according to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

On Monday, Oklahoma lawmakers voted to dedicate $7 million from the State Emergency Fund to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.

Jeff Marlow, CEO of the Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, said his organization will receive about $330,000 and the regional bank will get $667,000. The eastern food bank covers a third of the state, while the regional bank c

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