PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As the restoration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program remains uncertain, Multnomah County is utilizing emergency funds to help struggling residents.

On Thursday, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to allocate $100,000 of its $1.24 million General Fund Contingency toward food resources. The Oregon Food Bank will receive about $75,000, while the remaining $25,000 will be distributed among the county’s four districts.

Officials previously announced there were 143,000 SNAP recipients within the county who would be impacted by a lapse in benefits due to the federal government shutdown, which has since become the longest in U.S. history.

The number of local recipients impacted by the program pause includes more than 38,000 child

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