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Food and Power class sponsors food drive for Southeast Ohio Food Bank
By: Hailey Hollinger
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — An Ohio University class focused on food insecurity sponsored a food drive this week. Dr. Charles Lester, an assistant professor at the university through its honors… Read More
$15 million brings relief to Southeast Ohio Food Bank, but more may be needed
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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LOGAN, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — Under ordinary circumstances, the shelves of the Southeast Ohio Food Bank are filled with goods. This summer was different. Much of the warehouse sat… Read More
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
Funding losses and high prices force food bank to close down mobile distribution program
By: Theo Peck-Suzuki | Report for America
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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio (WOUB/Report for America) — The Southeast Ohio Food Bank’s mobile food market is set up like a drive through. Cars pull in at one end of the Gallia… Read More
Inflation is increasing demand at food banks, leading to a struggle to keep shelves stocked
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As many low-income Ohioans struggle to keep up with the rising price of gas and rent, they are increasingly turning to food banks when… Read More
DeWine asks USDA to ‘make it easier’ for WIC families to find baby formula during shortage
By: Cory Sharber | WVXU
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (WVXU) — The Ohio Department of Health is working with the United States Department of Agriculture to get waivers for families enrolled in WIC so people have more… Read More
Childhood obesity rates in the Ohio Valley are higher than the national average
By: Corinne Boyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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RICHMOND, Ky. (OVR) — For the second year in a row, Kentucky has the highest rate of childhood obesity among kids ages 10-to-17 at 23.8%. That’s according to a new report by the… Read More
Nutrition Program Summer Expansion Could Aid Nearly 2 Million Ohio Valley Children
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — The Biden administration announced Monday the expansion of a nutrition program, born amid the start of the pandemic, that could provide more food to nearly 2… Read More
More College Students Could Be Eligible For Food Assistance Program
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many college campuses throughout the state have created food pantries for their students. And students might qualify for food stamp benefits as well because of new changes… Read More
Biden To Bump Up Food Assistance For People ‘Hanging By A Thread’
By: Roberta Rampton | Scott Horsley | NPR
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President Biden is pushing Congress to pour another $1.9 trillion into the COVID-ravaged economy. In the meantime, his top economic adviser says, he plans to bump up food stamp benefits.
Why Billions In Food Aid Hasn’t Gotten To Needy Families
By: Anya Kamenetz | NPR
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The federal government has yet to approve plans in most states for giving out money that was authorized in October.
COVID Relief Is Coming To The Ohio Valley. But As Hunger Persists, Did It Arrive Too Late?
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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(Ohio Valley ReSource)– He asked her if she was cold. A wind whips around the park in western Kentucky a couple days before Christmas. He puts his arm around her… Read More
How The USDA’s Food Box Initiative Overpaid And Underdelivered
By: Dan Charles | NPR
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The Trump Administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently.
Joe Burrow Hunger Relief Fund Will Benefit Families In Southeast Ohio
By: Claudia Cisneros
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Joe Burrow is partnering with The Athens County Food Pantry (ACFP) and the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) in support of the Joe Burrow Hunger Relief… Read More
Ohio Valley Anti-Hunger Advocates Worry Region Overlooked In Over $1 Billion Federal Food Box Program
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — A new federal program is buying more than $1 billion in farm products such as dairy, produce and meat unable to be sold due to the pandemic’s… Read More
Demand Soars at Food Banks While Farmers Have Too Much Food
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — Food banks and pantries across the Ohio Valley are seeing spiked demand as an unprecedented surge of people continue to file for unemployment benefits, with food banks… Read More
Ohio’s Food Banks Say They Need Help to Meet the Current Need for Services
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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Leaders of Ohio’s foodbanks say they are overwhelmed by the demand on their services right now. They’re urging the federal government to increase food stamp benefits by 15% and asking… Read More
Resources for Athens County Residents who Need Food or Want to Help Neighbors
By: WOUB News Team
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) —The spread of the novel coronavirus spurred Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to order colleges, universities, and K-12 schools to close. An estimated 29 percent of Athens County… Read More
Food Fight: How 2 Trump Proposals Could Bite Into School Lunch
By: Cory Turner | NPR
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The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.
Grocers in Rural Coal Country Struggle to Stay in Business
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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There’s a picture frame on the wall next to the customer service desk in the IGA in Inez, Kentucky. Inside the frame is a scrap of beige meat-counter paper, on… Read More
Food Aid A Concern As Government Shutdown Affects SNAP Payments
The partial shutdown of the federal government is affecting families depending on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program program, or SNAP. Benefits for February have come early as a temporary… Read More
Athens Food Banks, Pantries Help during Holidays
By: Anastasia Nicholas
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Food is a cornerstone for the holiday season. For families struggling to feed themselves all year, Thanksgiving and Christmas can be especially difficult. Food insecurity in Athens County is the… Read More
Nelsonville Food Cupboard Gets Expanded Facility
By: Sara Brumfield | Athens Messenger
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For 25 years, the Nelsonville Food Cupboard served Athens County residents in need from a tiny space on West Washington Street. The location was so small that only one person… Read More