The Nevada Independent

Nevada may spend $7.3M to keep women, infant food assistance flowing during shutdown

If approved on Thursday, the funding will support a program that reaches 55,000 Nevadans and was at risk of temporary closure ...

Food assistance programs available for tribal communities again after brief shutdown

Tribal Council of Nevada’s WIC program is back up and running — and serving families across the state once again.The program, ...

Government shutdown suspends food assistance program for Nevada tribal communities

Food benefits for women, infants and children in Nevada's tribal communities will be suspended as a result of the federal government shutdown, the Inter-Tribal ...
KCUR

Moms and kids could lose federal food aid if the shutdown drags on, food advocates say

More than a million low-income mothers and children in the Midwest and Great Plains rely on a national food assistance ...

Nevada WIC program offices to close due to federal shutdown, officials say

The Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada’s WIC program will be suspended starting Thursday due to the federal government shutdown.
KTAR News

Violence Against Women reauthorization adds protections for tribal women

WASHINGTON – Tribes will be able to prosecute non-Native abusers in tribal courts under an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act that won final approval Thursday. President Barack Obama has ...