Food Assistance During The Government Shutdown 11/3/25

Help your neighbors. If anyone needs food assistance please direct them to the resources. Here’s a few flyers for Navajo and Hopi regions & contact info. Thank you St. Mary’s Food Bank and local leadership. 

Northern AZ Food Resources: 
➕St. Mary’s Food Bank Agency Portal - https://smfbpartner.org
➕Navajo Nation Food Distribution Program - https://ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/Department/Division-of-Public-Health-Service/Food-Distribution-Program
➕Partnership with Native Americans, Navajo Relief Fund: https://nativepartnership.org/nrf/
➕United Food Bank: https://unitedfoodbank.org/findfood/
➕Check your local Navajo Nation Chapter House

A short update for today 11/3/25 on the status of the government shutdown: 
+ Courts have ordered the Administration to use the reserve funds to fund SNAP but it is not clear how soon that will happen. 
+ WIC is still funded (the Women/Infant/Childrens program)
+ Most Federal employees have now gone 1 month with no paycheck 
+ Food banks are having to increase resources 
+ Several tribes are also stepping up where federal government should be. 

Our team will begin calling our community members this week to make sure they are ok and to connect them to the local resources available.