More than 1 million Ohio residents will lose federal food support on Saturday when SNAP benefits expire because of the government shutdown.

A coalition of local governments, nonprofits and Cleveland’s major sports teams announced $600,000 for emergency food aid.

The federal government shutdown is approaching a dangerous deadline with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits set to run out Saturday. SNAP is the federal food assistance program that provides monthly payments to low and lower income families,

The 1.4 million Ohioans in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP and the Women Infants and Children Program, or WIC, will see their food benefits end if the federal shutdown drags on through November.

With approximately 180,000 central Ohioans slated to lose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, the Dollar General store, located in Downtown,

Los Angeles food banks scurry to fill the gap as Angelenos' SNAP benefits are interrupted by the federal government shutdown.