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Central Ohio nonprofit groups are scrambling to prepare, in case federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, runs out this weekend.

Around 1.4 million Ohio residents receive a total of $264 million in SNAP benefits every month. That breaks down to a monthly average of $190 in SNAP benefits per person.

1.4 million Ohioans currently rely on SNAP or food stamps.

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

If the shutdown continues into November, many SNAP, WIC, or TANF recipients in Ohio could lose funds they rely on to avoid going hungry.

The Trump administration will now limit SNAP eligibility to mostly U.S. citizens and green card holders. That means coverage ends for most other legal immigrants starting in November.

The bill signed into law on July 4 makes major cuts to the program that began in 1939 with the First Food Stamp Program. SNAP cuts will reduce the budget by $186 billion dollars over nine years.

Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a provision in the two-year budget that limited SNAP funds for sugary drinks.

Passed and signed into law last Thursday and Friday, the Republican-majority Congress鈥檚 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥� makes major changes to federal food assistance that will affect Ohio.

The bill includes cutbacks on federal funding for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), which was formerly known as food stamps. The bill would cut back almost $300 billion to SNAP over the next 10 years.