(Salem, OR) -- Oregon Governor Tina Kotek and other state leaders have sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins urging she use contingency funds to keep federal food benefits going. SNAP helps 757-thousand Oregonians buy food every month. That includes 210-thousand children and 130-thousand older adults. Kotek says the loss of SNAP funding will especially hurt grocery stores in rural parts of Oregon that depend on it to stay in business.