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Food-shelf and prepared-meal advocates urge more funding as DE1 includes modest food-security support
Summary
Advocates for food shelves, regional food banks and a medically tailored meals provider told the committee that need has risen sharply and state support is necessary; witnesses said DE1 includes helpful one-time funds but urged larger, sustained appropriations to meet rising demand.
Representatives of food shelves, regional food banks and medically tailored-meal providers testified in support of food-security items included in the DE1, but urged larger and continued state investment to keep pace with rising demand.
The Food Group and Channel One Regional Food Bank described record demand and supply challenges. "Between this February and last February, the weight of the inventory on hand fell 59 percent," Channel One's executive director, Virginia Witherspoon, said, adding that state support was…
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