Nearly one million Arizonans depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to help put food on the table. With those benefits delayed, Valley volunteers wasted no time stepping in.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is allocating $1.8 million to mitigate the potential suspension of SNAP funding due to the government shutdown.

With funding for food stamps on the verge of lapsing for the first time in its 60-year history, local food banks are bracing for higher demand.

Charitable organizations called upon Arizona residents to consider making food donations as SNAP benefits are potentially about to be cut off.

Members who receive meals at a Phoenix nonprofit said they will be relying on them heavily as Nov. 1 approaches— a date when cuts to SNAP benefits are possible due to the government shutdown. FOX 10's Lindsey Ragas has more.