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Ohio food banks get money to help with inflation, but it’s short of what they asked for
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Nearly four months after Ohio’s struggling food banks requested $50 million in federal funds to help deal with inflation, a panel of state lawmakers… Read More
Foodbanks leader sees direct conflict with two state board of education resolutions on student meals
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio State School Board of Education is considering a vote on two resolutions that deal with free meal programs for students: one would… Read More
Record-high food shortages hits Southeast Ohio communities
By: Max Brunke
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Shelves at a regional warehouse that supplies food to struggling families throughout southeast Ohio are looking bleak. “We have empty racks in our warehouse for the… Read More
Demand at food banks is way up again. But inflation makes it harder to meet the need
By: Jennifer Ludden | NPR
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NORFOLK, Virginia (NPR) — On a sultry evening at a neighborhood food pantry in this waterfront city, some in the line outside have come from work. Justine Lee, a teller… Read More
Food Banks Flat-Funded In New Ohio Budget, Though Demand Keeps Growing
By: Suhail Bhat | Jeff Young | Ohio Valley ReSource
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Unemployment and financial problems from the pandemic have brought millions of people to food banks, which are serving 150,000 more Ohioans per month than they… Read More
Food Banks Busy Serving More Families In Need
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Anita Hajivandi is getting used to seeing a lot of new faces at the food pantry she helps run out of a small church in Meigs… Read More
Hunger in the Year 2020: A Facebook Live Discussion
LOGAN – The Southeast Ohio Foodbank, a program of Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP), will be hosting a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, September 22 at 7:00 p.m. The discussion… Read More
Foodbanks Say Help is Urgently Needed Because of Coronavirus
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Congress is considering a bill that would make it easier for low-income people to get emergency food assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak. And advocates for foodbanks are requesting the state and… Read More