FLINT, MI – The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and Saginaw Just Transition Indaba will receive $2 million in federal funding to alleviate food distribution costs.
Funds were secured by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp.) through the community project funding initiative. The funds will help cover the cost of operating mobile food distributions across mid-Michigan and increase safe food storage capacity.
The funding announcement comes at a time when those in the industry predict demand to rise significantly after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic were cut in February.
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This new funding was announced at a Monday, March 20, news conference at the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan off Lapeer Road in Flint.
“We need to do everything we can to make sure that none of our brothers and sisters live with the kind of uncertainty that comes with not having food on the table,” Kildee said.
Food Bank of Eastern Michigan President and CEO Kara Ross said these funds will help alleviate costs that go along with managing donated food like transportation, storage, delivery and other associated needs.
The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan has an operating budget of approximately $12 million, Ross said.
“Thanks to Congressman Kildee’s initiative, our partners will be able to stock food shelves and feed more people without incurring additional costs,” Ross said.
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