A federal program that helps young people from migrant families go to college, stopped suddenly this year after the Trump administration got rid of funding for it.

The College Access Migrant Program, or CAMP, gave five-year grants to schools like Washington State University, Oregon State University and Boise State University.

Xitlaly Mendoza got accepted into the program after learning about it at a presentation at Connell High School.

She's now a senior at the University of Washington, the first in her family to go to college.

She thinks closing the CAMP program is bad public policy.

“How is me learning more about class registration, financial aid and job opportunities a harm to you or anyone else?” This is part of the second story in a collaborative series on the state of Northwest college admissions in 2025.

It was reported by NWPB and KUOW through the Northwest News Network.

Find all the published pieces online at NWPB.org.

Millions of people across the Northwest get government money on what are called EBT cards to buy food every month.

It's part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

It helps low income families put food on the table.

Now, SNAPs been making headlines as it paused because of the government shutdown.

The pause caused a massive influx of people heading to food banks all over the region.

“We had probably 25-30% more people come through than we typically see.

The shelves were pretty empty as we walked through there this morning.

They will be restocked.” That's Alan Walker, the executive director of Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council.

In response to the SNAP pause, several community organizations stepped up to help, helping hold food drives to support local food banks.

Now, SNAP benefits are still up in the air for the future.

However, for many November benefits were fully restored.

The nation's largest environmental cleanup site could be greatly impacted by a government shutdown.

An estimated 13,000 people work for the Hanford Site just outside of Richland, Washington.

Recently, the newly sworn in U.S.

Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Environmental Management made a visit to the site.

Learn more about that visit and how shutdowns can cause major impacts at the site at NWPB.org.