While the state has quickly approved $2 million in emergency funding to enhance the work of the New Hampshire Food Bank, a Roman Catholic Charity, and its food pantry affiliates, most advocates call the effort a band-aid when far more will be needed to ensure New Hampshire citizens do not go hungry in a prolonged shutdown.

The $2 million approved by the Executive Council will support a network of mobile food pantries specifically for the more than 75,000 New Hampshire residents enrolled in the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

The state will provide $2 million to help the New Hampshire Food Bank's mobile pantry program reach SNAP recipients.

With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits set to go on hold starting Saturday, grocery stores are worried about what that will mean for their bottom lines.

Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the federally-funded benefits aren’t being distributed. More than 75,000 Granite Staters rely on SNAP.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) for 74,000 in New Hampshire will likely continue in November even if the federal government shutdown continues due to a $2 million state