Food insecurity is not caused by a lack of caring or a lack of effort.

It is what happens when wages do not keep up with rent, groceries cost more each week, child care is unaffordable, utility bills rise, or an illness or reduction in work hours throws a family budget into crisis.

That is why SNAP matters.

SNAP helps families buy groceries at local stores. It helps older adults on fixed incomes afford nutritious food. It helps children learn, grow, and come to school ready to succeed. It helps workers make it through the month when a paycheck simply is not enough.

In Nevada, hunger is a policy issue.

The choices our leaders make about wages, housing, health care, child care, utilities, and food assistance shape whether families can thrive.

At LEAN, we believe that feeding our neighbors is not simply charity. It is a matter of dignity, justice, and the common good.

Because every Nevadan deserves the security of knowing there will be food on the table.

Today is National Voter Registration Day!

Is your voter information up to date? Change Address?

Today is the day to make sure you are ready for the November 3rd election!

Register here!

When you need information about registering, checking your registration, requesting a mail ballot, finding polling locations, or election deadlines, start with your state or local election officials and official .gov election websites. Register to vote or update your voter registration in Nevada here.

Before entering personal information into a website:

• Check who operates it.
• Look for an official .gov address when seeking government election services.
• Read the privacy policy.
• Know what information you’re agreeing to share.

Being an informed voter also means being an informed digital citizen.

For the Common Good: Prayers and Resources for Congregations in Public Life offers Lutheran theological grounding, worship materials and practical ideas for faithful, nonpartisan civic engagement during the fall 2026 election season.

Pastors, deacons, worship planners, councils and advocacy teams are invited to download the resource and adapt its hymns, intercessions, prayer services and other tools for communities across Nevada. Help your congregation respond to anxiety and division with prayer, truthful discernment, humility and love of neighbor.

More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children are at risk of losing legal representation after the federal contract supporting a nationwide network of nonprofit attorneys expired.

Many legal providers are continuing to represent children they already serve without pay. But organizations are increasingly unable to take new cases—leaving some children to navigate an immigration system, court hearings, and trained government attorneys on their own.

This is about more than legal paperwork. Attorneys help children understand their rights, seek protection from abuse, trafficking, neglect, or persecution, and connect with the support they need to build safe and stable lives.

As people of faith, we are called to care for children, welcome the stranger, and insist that every person is treated with dignity.

Nevada congregations can help by sharing trusted legal resources, supporting local nonprofit immigration services, protecting family confidentiality, and speaking out for stable legal representation for children.

In Northern Nevada, Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada’s Mother Cabrini Immigration Legal Services can be reached at 775-393-3877.

No child should have to stand alone in court.

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