Due to the federal government shutdown funding for SNAP benefits will cease on November 1st.
Friday morning the Governor, along with the Arkansas Legislative Council co-chairs directed $500,000 from the Restricted Reserve Fund to the Arkansas Food Bank Network beginning Monday, November 3, 2025.
The funds will be split equally between six Arkansas food banks:
• Northwest Arkansas Food Bank at Springdale
• Food Bank of North Central Arkansas at Norfork
• Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas at Jonesboro
• River Valley Regional Food Bank at Fort Smith
• Arkansas Foodbank at Little Rock
o Arkansas Foodbank Lexa Branch
o Arkansas Foodbank Warren Branch
• Harvest Regional Food Bank at Texarkana
The HelpArkansas.com page at https://governor.arkansas.gov/help-arkansas, will direct Arkansans to food assistance resources throughout the state and will be updated as the federal government shutdown continues. Arkansans looking to volunteer or donate to help those in need can also find information on the website.
If the shutdown continues the legislature will consider additional weekly allocations to those food banks.
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