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Food Bank of Delaware tells Sussex County one in six children face food insecurity; urges continued county support
Summary
Chad Robinson of the Food Bank of Delaware briefed council on rising food insecurity in Sussex County, detailed distribution programs and warned of reduced USDA deliveries that will cut roughly 900,000 meals statewide this fiscal year.
Chad Robinson, vice president of external affairs for the Food Bank of Delaware, told Sussex County Council on May 13 that hunger and food insecurity have risen and that the Food Bank continues pandemic-era levels of distribution.
Robinson said about "1 in 8 Delawareans and 1 in 6 Delaware children" are currently food insecure and described programs operating in Sussex County that delivered over 1.8 million pounds of food last year, equivalent to about 2.2 million meals.
Why it matters: Robinson said reductions in USDA commodity deliveries—about a 29% cut in anticipated trucks for the fiscal year—will remove roughly 900,000 meals and $1.1 million in product from the state's…
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