November 22, 2025
By Beth Martino Special to the Las Vegas Review-Journal
The federal shutdown may be over, but its impact on hunger in Southern Nevada is far from it.
When SNAP benefits were unexpectedly interrupted this fall, tens of thousands of our neighbors were left without the grocery money they rely on each month. Families who were already stretched thin suddenly had nothing to fall back on. Seniors on fixed incomes faced impossible choices. Parents doing everything “right” found themselves in line for food for the first time. All of which felt wrong.